Deep in the desolate Mojave Desert in Nevada's extreme southern tip lies a small mining town called Searchlight. This meticulously researched book by Searchlight's most distinguished native son recounts the colorful history of the town and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. Its story encompasses both Nevada's early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II. Searchlight is a ...
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Deep in the desolate Mojave Desert in Nevada's extreme southern tip lies a small mining town called Searchlight. This meticulously researched book by Searchlight's most distinguished native son recounts the colorful history of the town and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. Its story encompasses both Nevada's early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II. Searchlight is a valuable contribution to the history of Nevada and a lively account of life in the forbidding depths of the Mojave Desert.
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Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $2.36, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by University of Nevada Press.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $3.52, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by University of Nevada Press.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $11.43, very good condition, Sold by MagicCarpetBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carson City, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by University of Nevada Press (1998).
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Tan cloth. xxix, 233 pp. Illustrated. Index. Foreword by Mike O'Callaghan. Introduction by James W. Hulse. A clean, attractive copy.
Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $14.95, Sold by West Coast Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Moorpark, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Univ of Nevada Pr.
Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Jeff Stark rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Barstow, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Univ of Nevada Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. Fine in a fine jacket. First printing stated on copyright page. Inscribed in thin felt pen by the author and Senator on the half-title page: "To the Wells [Searchlight] My Hometown Harry Raid U.S.S."
Add this copy of Searchlight: the Camp That Didn't Fail to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by The Hermitage Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Denver, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by U. of Nevada Press.
