REID, HARRY, SENATOR - Searchlight the Camp That Didn't Fail

Reno, Nevada: University Of Nevada Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0874173108; Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Upper fore corners of 3 pages are creased, else contents are almost as new. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9" Tall, xxix + 233pp. Very light tan cloth, dark green spine lettering. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page (To Caleb. My hometown. Harry Reid U. S. S. 11.12.03) . HISTORY. Senator Reid is a native of Searchlight, Nevada, a mining camp in Nevada's extreme southern tip. "In this charming, meticulously researched book he lovingly recounts the colorful history of his hometown - the discovery of the ores that brought about the boom, the growth of the mines and of the town that served them, and the lives of the hardy, stubborn people who not only worked the mines but with their families built a town from a dusty mining camp. That Searchlight survived its short-lived wealth is a tribute to its people, who refused to let their town die, but is also a reflection of the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada, where in less than a century one of the nation's major urban centers has grown out of the desert. " Selected Bibliography. Index. 20p b/w photos. One-page map.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .