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Old 12-03-2014, 10:23 AM
 
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Anyone have a good book recommendation on Nevada/Las Vegas history?
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Old 12-03-2014, 11:04 AM
 
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I like listening to the long time locals talk about how things used to be.

But when I get on a computer, I will look up the thread that listed all the recommended history books of Vegas.
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Old 12-03-2014, 05:49 PM
 
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Found some on Amazon that look good.
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Old 12-03-2014, 06:08 PM
 
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If you want a really good book on Nevada and not just pictures, I recommend:

The Sagebrush State by Michael Bowers.
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Old 12-03-2014, 07:48 PM
 
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You have to remember that Nevada implodes its history every 14 years.

And the degree of truth in much of it says that actually happens.

Don't worry about the gang days...Try and find out what actually happened when we sent most of the County Commission to the slammer only a few years ago...Even a Mormon Grandma florist in NLV...who was getting her Grandson Lap dances....

The neat thing about Las Vegas is the crime can be so artistically minor...
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Old 12-03-2014, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Pahrump, NV
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not las vegas history, but....nye county/pahrump history

https://nyecountyhistory.com/
https://nyecountyhistory.com/pahrumpbook2/pahrump2.pdf
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Old 12-06-2014, 02:07 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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The Review Journal is also a book publisher. Go to the office on Bonanza and you'll find all kinds of good Nevada and Las Vegas history books, Or, Barnes and Noble has a section on them. If you read books on your iPad as I do, you'll find a zillion of them online.
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Old 12-06-2014, 02:43 AM
 
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I have "my week at the Blue Angel", " Under the Neon" and " when the mob ran Vegas"

All yours for the price of a DM.
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Old 12-06-2014, 12:08 PM
 
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Las Vegas, as it began, as it grew - Stanley W. Paher
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Old 12-07-2014, 11:39 PM
 
Location: In the Silver State of Nevada in Las Vegas NV
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DM me I have the history of LV which was on this form about 2 years ago but no one seems to be able to get the URL anymore. It was done by a BRIT but one of the best I have seen done many pictures and facts it will take you about 3 days to read on the net if you apply about 6 hours a day but that can happen because it pulls you in that is how well it was done. So send me your e-mail so I can forward it to you in a file.
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