In a century-old edition of a British newspaper, a quaint narrative entitled A visit to the Comstock was prefaced by the following poem: Paint me, Washoe, as you see it, Tinting with a truthful touch; Line it with a faithful pencil, Do not colour overmuch. Many writers through the decades have coloured overmuch in their descriptions of Nevada by using picturesque words and extreme language when discussing the paradoxical state. Idah Meacham Strobridge, often called Nevada's first woman of letters, pointed out that images of ...
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In a century-old edition of a British newspaper, a quaint narrative entitled A visit to the Comstock was prefaced by the following poem: Paint me, Washoe, as you see it, Tinting with a truthful touch; Line it with a faithful pencil, Do not colour overmuch. Many writers through the decades have coloured overmuch in their descriptions of Nevada by using picturesque words and extreme language when discussing the paradoxical state. Idah Meacham Strobridge, often called Nevada's first woman of letters, pointed out that images of Nevada frequently suggest a mirage-land, a place where nothing is quite what it seems. Wilbur S. Shepperson's examination of such mirages -- imaginary, literary, historical, real -- is the subject of Mirage-land: images of Nevada.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x5x0; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. xix, 190pp.
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0874171911. Hardcover; NV; University of Nevada Press; 1992; A 1st Edition; 0.85 x 9.3 x 6.01 Inches; As New in As New dust jacket; Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History & Humanities; 9.10 X 5.80 X 0.90 inches.
