11 Ergebnisse.

Frontier Fake News: Nevada's Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters explores some of the earliest perpetrators of Fake News. Legendary Nevada writers like Mark Twain, Dan De Quille, Sam Davis, and others were renowned for their clever and mischievous hoaxes, satires, puns, and other witticisms designed to entertain their readers while often making a political statement"--

From the mystery of a U.S. Senator's death (was he kept on ice until after the election?) to a haunting of the Governor's mansion, this selection of fourteen stories from Nevada's past explores some of the Silver State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

I began to create this message one evening after years of seeing personal experiences as well as people that surrounded me doing absolutely nothing with the most valuable asset we were given at birth, time. I began to realize that time has its course and will not stop for anyone. Silly to think back now, but there is no one else to blame for the loss of time. Many people around know this but have not yet acknowledged the importance to look at ...

Myths and Mysteries of Illinois explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the Land of Lincoln's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Illinois history.

Nevada's capital city is today a charming, modern community, with an unusually eventful past. This book traces its history from its origin as a mid-nineteenth-century trading post to its rise as the political centre of Nevada.

This book offers an inside look at over 25 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State. From the 1908 race riots in Springfield to Ron Blagojevich's impeachment in 2009, this book will cover a wide range of Illinois history.

This completely revised and updated edition of A Short History of Reno provides an entertaining and informative account of Reno's remarkably colourful history. Richard Moreno discusses Reno's efforts, from its early beginnings in the 1850s to the present day, to reinvent itself as a recreation, entertainment, education, and technology hub.

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Prairie State has to offer!

The definitive collection of Nevada's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Nevada residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

Keine Beschreibung.

The roadside history series charts a course to the present through carefully selected and researched stories that relate what we see today with what happened before. Narrated through charming anecdotes, old photographs, and maps. Entertaining insight into Nevada. Divided by geographical location in context with the highways that pass through it.