Nevada Off the Beaten Path®

by Heidi Rinella

Overview

Some of Nevada's more unusual attractions and events include the annual Elko Running from the Bulls, the Virginia City Camel Races, and of course, Route 375—the "Extraterrestrial Highway"—where a number of UFO sightings have been reported. These and many more are found in this offbeat guide to Nevada.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762742042
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2007
Series:	Off the Beaten Path Series , #6
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	654,030
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Heidi Knapp Rinella has been a journalist for more than twenty years in Ohio, Florida, and Nevada, where she is a staff writer and restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She moved to Nevada with her husband and two daughters in the late 1990s and continues to be intrigued by the rich lode of fascinating people and places she finds there. Nevada Off the Beaten Path is her eighth book.

Table of Contents

Introduction     ix
Las Vegas Territory     1
Pioneer Territory     29
Reno-Tahoe Territory     61
Cowboy Country     99
Pony Express Territory     139
Index     167
About the Author     175

Editorial Reviews

A top-notch regional travel book.” –Salt Lake City Tribune

Salt Lake Tribune

A top-notch regional travel book.” –Salt Lake City Tribune

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