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Author:

Lankford, Scott, 1957-

Title:

Tahoe beneath the surface : the hidden stories of America's largest mountain lake / Scott Lankford.

Publisher:

Heyday ;

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

267 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--History--Anecdotes.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--History--Anecdotes.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Environmental conditions--Anecdotes.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Intellectual life--Anecdotes.
Authors, American--Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Indians of North America--Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
American literature--Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--History and criticism.

Contents:

Map of Lake Tahoe and environs -- Jacques Cousteau : diving beneath the surface -- Spirit cave man : curse of the Ice Age mummy -- John Frémont : 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 : Déjà Blue -- The Weasel brothers : waterspouts and water babies.

ISBN:

1597141399 (alk. paper)
9781597141390 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)630457315

LCCN:

2010022318

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)