On January 27, 1951, the first atomic weapon was detonated over a section of desert known as Frenchman Flat in southern Nevada providing dramatic evidence of the Nevada Test Site's beginnings.... more

Brushwork Diary contains over 60 watercolors of early rural Nevada painted by Civil War veteran and civil engineer Walter Long.... more

Set primarily in the lonesome southwest desert lands of the 1920s, this novella is a powerful story in which landscape reflects and defines character.... more

Cattle in the Cold Desert brilliantly combines a lively account of the development of the Great Basin grazing industry with a detailed scientific discussion of the ecology of its sagebrush/grassland plant communities.... more