Wild Nevada
Subtitle: Testimonies On Behalf Of The Desert
Contributors: Michael Frome (Foreword); Roberta Moore (Editor); Scott Slovic (Editor)
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: March 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780874176131
Subjects: Nature/Ecology; Wilderness areas; History - U.S.; Desert ecology; Nature; United States - State & Local - General; Nevada; Essays; Description and travel; Wilderness areas in literature
First sentence: Mention the phrase "Nevada wilderness" to people outside of the state a few decades ago, and they would likely assume you meant the rough-and-tumble frontier sensibility in mining towns like Virginia City, the wild nightlife of the Las Vegas Strip, or perhaps the concussive intensity of nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site.