Nevada [Hardcover]

Jon Christensen (Author), Deon Reynolds (Photographer), Trish Reynolds (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Snowcapped mountains, rolling forests of pine and fir, and vast deserts contrast with the glitter and glamour of Las Vegas and Reno, showing off all the splendor of the Silver State.

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About the Author

Trish Reynolds is a Wiccan Priestess, Bard, ordained minister, practising witch, environmental activist and author of a series of occult thrillers. With a grown son and a 5-year-old grandson she enjoys her favourite title, Nana, the best. When she isn?t working on another novel she is traveling the world researching local witch legends and preserving them. You can find an archive of these stories on her website.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 143 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Books (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558686088
• ISBN-13: 978-1558686083
• Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 10.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,275,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Worthy of the Subject, August 24, 2002

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J. Charles Hansen (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nevada (Hardcover)

"Nevada" has been sitting on my coffee table for about a year now - and it's served well. I've come home many days after being enmeshed in our modern world for 10 or more hours and been reminded of the expansiveness and beauty of the natural world that's only a 4 hour drive away from me. This is a well-written and beautifully photographed book. I have to admit that I'm fascinated with Nevada. With the great otherness and open space that is the Silver State.

I learned quite a bit and was entertained by the essays that divide the sections of photos with chapters including: "The Meaning of Nevada", "People and the Land", Basin and Range", and "Prospect and Chance." There is good history here about Nevada's people and it's geography, helped by quotes from the likes of John Muir, Mark Twain and authors of other Nevada oriented books as well as regular folks who like their home state.

However the real draw is in the photos. Scenic, evocative, large, well footnoted, just plain beautiful. I really felt like this is a book crafted by people with a love and appreciation of the place that is Nevada. As though they wanted to share their passion and knowledge with me. I also like the simplicity of the look and feel of the book. There's a frankness and openness that's reminiscent of the state of Nevada itself.

Enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!, November 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Nevada (Hardcover)

This book is the most lovely pictoral tribute to the Great State of Nevada that I have ever seen. It exemplifies the rich physical and social geography as well as the cultural, institutional and entrepenurial spirit that this state holds so dear. Truly beautiful.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essence of Nevada, November 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nevada (Hardcover)

This beautiful book took me into the heart of a State I thought I knew. Nevada is fantastically photogenic and each picture in this volume shimmers with desert light, somehow stripped of all dullness. The text is of the rare sort, in the vein of Mark Twain, in whose footsteps Christensen clearly walks. He takes us on a tour, starting in his backyard and then into Nevada's secrets, its history, its indigenous people, its gold and silver rush, its divorce economies, its casinoes, its restricted government areas... He entertains and at the same time we learn to see behind the scenes. This is a book to give anybody who has been to Nevada or who is planning to go. A perfect marriage of image and text.