In Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and Chance

In Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and Chance by Thomson, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780679777588.

Nevada is the place where Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Frank Sinatra became Chairman of the Board, divorce became an industry and gambling an institution. It was a place that Kit Carson could explore, where Bugsy Seigel could dream, and Howard Hughes might hide. Its the governments favorite place to test nuclear bombs and store nuclear waste. Its a place, in short, of an impossible amalgam and improbable history. From David Thomson, the highly-acclaimed author of Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles, has beaten all the odds with a stunning book that pieces this great state together in all its mind-boggling contradictions. In Nevada is a rich and fascinating work inescapably necessary for any student of the American West.