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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the better researched books out there
I don't know what the other two reviewers read, but this is one of the better written southern Nevada histories I have read. Well documented, and it exposes some of the more unpleasant parts of Pahrump history.
Published on May 4, 2003 by Fletcher Chmara-Huff
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
One Star Rating Because There's No Zero Star Rating
Lackluster prose. Research Lite. Curious choice of interviewees, to be generous to the author. Those who know Nye County (NV) better, know better. The real history of Pahrump will probably be written by a hard-working graduate student armed with a tape recorder, a shoestring budget, and keen judgement. This supposed "history" was ultimately funded...
Published on August 23, 1998
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
One Star Rating Because There's No Zero Star Rating,
By A Customer
This review is from: A History of Pahrump, Nevada (Hardcover)
Lackluster prose. Research Lite. Curious choice of interviewees, to be generous to the author.Those who know Nye County (NV) better, know better. The real history of Pahrump will probably be written by a hard-working graduate student armed with a tape recorder, a shoestring budget, and keen judgement. This supposed "history" was ultimately funded by Department of Energy as part of its obiligation to local communities that will be affected by the proposed high-level nulcear waste repository nearby Yucca Mountain. Your tax dollars at work. Ugh.... The University of Nevada Presses don't exactly match Yale's or Harvard's, but you've got to wonder about standards and why they agreed to act as distributor, once this volume and the rest of the series were printed. An embarrassment all around.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the better researched books out there,
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This review is from: A History of Pahrump, Nevada (Hardcover)
I don't know what the other two reviewers read, but this is one of the better written southern Nevada histories I have read. Well documented, and it exposes some of the more unpleasant parts of Pahrump history.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't bother with it.,
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This review is from: A History of Pahrump, Nevada (Hardcover)
Poor writing. Inadequate research and documentation. Limited + skewed sample of interviewees.One would expect this quality from a self-published book. |
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A History of Pahrump, Nevada by Robert D. McCracken (Hardcover - Jan. 1996)
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