
ISBN: 9781597141390
Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It even played a hidden role in the American conquest of California, the launch of the Republican Party, and the birth of John Steinbeck''s first novel. Along the way, Lake Tahoe found the time to invent the ski industry, spark the sexual revolution, and win countless Academy Awards. Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this hidden history of America''s largest mountain lake to life through the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the last ten thousand years. It mixes local Washoe Indian legends with tales of murderous Mafia dons, and Rat Pack tunes with Steinbeck novels. It establishes Tahoe as one of America''s literary hot spots by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including Bertrand Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Michael Ondaatje. Tahoe beneath the Surface reveals how the lake transformed the lives of conservationists like John Muir, humorists like Mark Twain, and Hollywood icons like Frank Sinatra. It even touches upon some of the darker aspects of American history, including anti-Chinese racism and the Kennedy assassination.Despite the impact Lake Tahoe has had on America, environmental threats loom large, and Tahoe Blue-a term that Lankford uses to encompass the whole range of life, beauty, and meaning the lake represents-grows increasingly vulnerable. In Tahoe beneath the Surface, human history and natural history combine in a most engaging way, one that will both inform and inspire all who would keep Tahoe blue. Books > History > North American History > United States > West List_Books
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ISBN: 9781597141390
Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It even played a hidden role in the American conquest of California, the launch of the Republican Party, and the birth of John Steinbeck''s first novel. Along the way, Lake Tahoe found the time to invent the ski industry, spark the sexual revolution, and win countless Academy Awards. Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this hidden history of America''s largest mountain lake to life through the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the last ten thousand years. It mixes local Washoe Indian legends with tales of murderous Mafia dons, and Rat Pack tunes with Steinbeck novels. It establishes Tahoe as one of America''s literary hot spots by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including Bertrand Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Michael Ondaatje. Tahoe beneath the Surface reveals how the lake transformed the lives of conservationists like John Muir, humorists like Mark Twain, and Hollywood icons like Frank Sinatra. It even touches upon some of the darker aspects of American history, including anti-Chinese racism and the Kennedy assassination.Despite the impact Lake Tahoe has had on America, environmental threats loom large, and Tahoe Blue-a term that Lankford uses to encompass the whole range of life, beauty, and meaning the lake represents-grows increasingly vulnerable. In Tahoe beneath the Surface, human history and natural history combine in a most engaging way, one that will both inform and inspire all who would keep Tahoe blue. Books List_Books
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ISBN: 9781597141390
Paperback, [PU: HEYDAY BOOKS], Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It even played a hidden role in the American conquest of California, the launch of the Republican Party, and the birth of John Steinbeck's first novel. Along the way, Lake Tahoe found the time to invent the ski industry, spark the sexual revolution, and win countless Academy Awards. Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this hidden history of America's largest mountain lake to life through the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the last ten thousand years. It mixes local Washoe Indian legends with tales of murderous Mafia dons, and Rat Pack tunes with Steinbeck novels. It establishes Tahoe as one of America's literary hot spots by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including Bertrand Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Michael Ondaatje. Tahoe beneath the Surface reveals how the lake transformed the lives of conservationists like John Muir, humorists like Mark Twain, and Hollywood icons like Frank Sinatra. It even touches upon some of the darker aspects of American history, including anti-Chinese racism and the Kennedy assassination.Despite the impact Lake Tahoe has had on America, environmental threats loom large, and Tahoe Blue-a term that Lankford uses to encompass the whole range of life, beauty, and meaning the lake represents-grows increasingly vulnerable. In Tahoe beneath the Surface, human history and natural history combine in a most engaging way, one that will both inform and inspire all who would keep Tahoe blue., History Of The Americas
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2010, ISBN: 1597141399
[EAN: 9781597141390], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Heyday Books, Berkeley and Rocklin, CA], 267 pp., illus., maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: Map of Lake Tahoe and environs; Jacques Cousteau: diving beneath the surface; Spirit cave man: curse of the Ice Age mummy; John Fre mont: the man who "discovered" Lake Tahoe; Sarah Winnemucca: the burning woman; Luis and Salvator: the Donner Party murders; Datsolalee: a Washoe watershed; Samuel Clemens: Tahoe Twain; John Muir: Tahoe National Park; John Steinbeck: the winters of his discontent; Bertrand Russell: the last resort; Frank Sinatra: Tahoe's Sinatraland; The Cartwright crusaders: Tahoe's Bonanza; Maxine Hong Kingston: the Truckee method; Michael Ondaatje and Gary Snyder: Deja Blue; The Weasel brothers: waterspouts and water babies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Books
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1990, ISBN: 9781597141390
The Hidden Stories of America's Largest Mountain Lake, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Heyday Books], Heyday Books, 1990
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ISBN: 9781597141390
Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It even played a hidden role in th… More...
ISBN: 9781597141390
Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It even played a hidden role in th… More...

ISBN: 9781597141390
Paperback, [PU: HEYDAY BOOKS], Lake Tahoe transformed America, and not just once but many times over-from the earliest Ice Age civilizations to the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. It … More...
2010, ISBN: 1597141399
[EAN: 9781597141390], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Heyday Books, Berkeley and Rocklin, CA], 267 pp., illus., maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: Map of Lake Tahoe and environs; Ja… More...
1990, ISBN: 9781597141390
The Hidden Stories of America's Largest Mountain Lake, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Heyday Books], Heyday Books, 1990
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Tahoe beneath the Surface brings this hidden history of America's largest mountain lake to life through the stories of its most celebrated residents and visitors over the last ten thousand years. It mixes local Washoe Indian legends with tales of murderous Mafia dons, and Rat Pack tunes with Steinbeck novels. It establishes Tahoe as one of America's literary hot spots by tracing the steps of more than a dozen authors including Bertrand Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Michael Ondaatje. Tahoe beneath the Surface reveals how the lake transformed the lives of conservationists like John Muir, humorists like Mark Twain, and Hollywood icons like Frank Sinatra. It even touches upon some of the darker aspects of American history, including anti-Chinese racism and the Kennedy assassination.
Despite the impact Lake Tahoe has had on America, environmental threats loom large, and Tahoe Blue--a term that Lankford uses to encompass the whole range of life, beauty, and meaning the lake represents--grows increasingly vulnerable. In Tahoe beneath the Surface, human history and natural history combine in a most engaging way, one that will both inform and inspire all who would keep Tahoe blue.
Winner of a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year Award
Details of the book - Tahoe Beneath The Surface: The Hidden Stories Of America's Largest Mountain Lake
EAN (ISBN-13): 9781597141390
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1597141399
Hardcover
Paperback
Publishing year: 2010
Publisher: Heyday Books
256 Pages
Weight: 0,372 kg
Language: eng/Englisch
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ISBN/EAN: 9781597141390
ISBN - alternate spelling:
1-59714-139-9, 978-1-59714-139-0
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