For 18 years, Las Vegans have enjoyed small helpings of their own rich history, served up by public radio station KNPR. Hearing well-told tales of characters with names like "Whiskey Pete," and the comic-opera romance between a famous female evangelist and a boyfriend called "Whataman," many a listener has wished for a transcript. This book fulfills that wish, presenting more than 100 selected mostly by the program's original author, historian Frank Wright. Wright mined the pits and pockets of local lore for nuggets little-known to the public, misunderstood by most, or merely enough fun to be worth telling once more.
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For 25 years, Frank Wright was the recognized authority on the events that shaped Las Vegas. After an early career as a political science professor, Wright worked in the legendary Binion's Horseshoe Casino before finding his calling as a historian in 1975. He retired in 2002 and began working on this book, which was finished by his widow, Dorothy Wright.
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Frank Wright an amazing historian,
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For many years the late Frank Wright entertained the people of Las Vegas with his stories of early Nevada. For the first time his stories have been put together in Nevada Yesterdays, from the story of Whiskey Pete to the fairy tale character of the elusive nude Eve of Paradise Valley. A wonderful compilation of his beloved radio shows, Nevada Yesterdays brings the history of America's most original town to life.
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Being a native Las Vegas, I knew Frank Wright very well.
We worked together on many historic preservation projects. He has done a fine job in telling many classic stories and also some little known facts and stories. A "keeper" for those who are interested the real stories of Las Vegas.
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NEVADA YESTERDAY'S TODAY,
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Finally a Las Vegas history book for everyone! Frank Wright's "Nevada Yesterday's" is the history of Las Vegas publication, that reads as if "U.S.A. Today" newspaper had commissioned the book.
Educational and entertaining reporting of the big stories from Las Vegas's past, the book reads well with great photography and graphics. I really enjoyed the world timeline segments, that put Las Vegas history into a larger perspective. One of the greatest services "Nevada Yesreday's" provides the reader is the contrast between the myth-Las Vegas and the REAL history that is often better than the Hollywood version.
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Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Los Angeles, Boulder Dam, Las Vegans, Southern Nevada, Clark County, World War, New York, Union Pacific, Boulder City, Moulin Rouge, Salt Lake, Desert Inn, Free Press, Main Street, Old Spanish Trail, Great Depression, Boulder Highway, Cashman Field, Colorado River, New Frontier, Henry Wilson, Northern Club, Old West New!
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The railroad officials who founded Las Vegas had a somewhat sketchy understanding of Western history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Los Angeles, Boulder Dam, Las Vegans, Southern Nevada, Clark County, World War, New York, Union Pacific, Boulder City, Moulin Rouge, Salt Lake, Desert Inn, Free Press, Main Street, Old Spanish Trail, Great Depression, Boulder Highway, Cashman Field, Colorado River, New Frontier, Henry Wilson, Northern Club, Old West New!
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