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What is A Short History Of Las Vegas about?
Most treatments of Las Vegas tend to trivialize the pioneer past in favor of the glamorous present. Here the Lands provide a fresh, vital, and balanced look at the phenomenal history of this oasis in the thirsty desert. The mobsters are here, of course, as are Elvis, Liberace, and the Rat Pack, but the Lands tell a more complete story, from the earliest visitors to "The Meadows" 11,000 years ago to the Mormon pioneers who established a mission outpost in 1855; the ambitious developers who laid o
Who reads A Short History Of Las Vegas?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Barbara Land and Myrick Land
- Publisher
- Reno: University of Nevada Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780874173260
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.28 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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