Tahoe beneath the Surface: The Hidden Stories of America's Largest Mountain Lake
''I urge readers to dive into this book headfirst and to allow its currents to carry them along. Bravo, Lankford, bravo! This book will take me back to Tahoe and enable me to see it as though for the first time.''--Jonah Raskin, author ofNatives, Newcomers, Exiles, Fugitives: Northern California Writers and their Work, and a professor of communication studies at Sonoma State University''This book is pure pleasure. Equally at home in nature and culture, the past and the present, Scott Lankford reflects on Tahoe from the deep geological past to contemporary ecological threats, writing about all of it with a lover's fervor and respect, a keen eye, and sparkling wit....I learned something new on every page.''--Tom Lutz, author ofDoing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America; editor of theLos Angeles Review of Books''Sparkling like the lake itself, this is a revealing depiction of the characters and forces that have shaped one of our national treasures. A compelling read to keep Tahoe Blue.''--Dr. Leo E. Chavez, superintendent and president, Sierra College''A must read for anyone interested in Lake Tahoe, and, for that matter, for anyone interested in a good story of a particular landscape, in this case the largest mountain lake in America.'' --Greg Sarris, chairman, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria; author ofGrand Avenue and Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream