Nevada Books

“The mines are looking well” reassured speculators during the Bodie boom of 1877-1881. Here, in one location, author Michael Piatt has written the largest single history of any mining camp, complete with 145 photographs (several unpublished 1879-1880 street scenes and views of the mines), and numerous untold stories embodied in the text and historical sidebars. 288 pp., 8-1/2 x 11. Illustrated. Color cover with dust jacket (Hardcover edition) (Published by Nevada Publications ~ Shipped by publisher.)

History

• A Century of Enthusiasm - Midas Nevada, 1907 - 2007

• Alice's Drive - Republishing 'Veil, Duster, and Tire Iron'

• Aurora - Nevada's Ghost City of the Dawn

• Beyond the Glimmering Lights - The Pride and Perseverance of African Americans in Las Vegas

• Bodie: The Mines are Looking Well - A History of the Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California

• Bodie’s Boss Lawman - The Odyssey of Constable John F. Kirgan

• Boot Hill - The Pioche Cemetery and the Story of the Pioche Boom

• Boulder City Nevada

• Death Valley Ghost Town - Greenwater California

• Dempsey In Nevada

• Elko County

• Emigrant Trails - A History and Guide to the Emigrant Routes from Central Nevada to the Crossing of the Sierra

• Ghosts of the Glory Trail - Intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 western ghost towns

• Golden Dreams Down Dusty Roads - My Adventures with Billy Varga, "The Last Hard Rock Miner"

• Las Vegas, As It Began, As It Grew

• Mark Twain in Virginia City, Nevada

• More than Petticoats - Remarkable Nevada Women

• My Memories of the Comstock - An Eye-Witness Account of the Richest Place on Earth

• Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps

• Nevada Yesterdays

• Reno Now and Then

• Saloons, Bars & Cigar Stores - Historical Interior Photographs

• Silver Peak - Never a Ghost Town

• Slippery Gulch - A Guide to Gold Hill Nevada

• Slot Machines - America's Favorite Gaming Device

• The Divorce Seekers - A Photo Memoir of a Nevada Dude Wrangler

• The Lincoln Highway: Nevada

• Virginia City, Silver Region of the Comstock Lode

• Young Las Vegas - Before the Future Found Us

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