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Searchlight: The Camp That Didn'T Fail
By Harry Reid
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Deep in the desolate Mojave Desert in Nevada’s extreme southern tip lies a small mining town called Searchlight. This meticulously researched book by Searchlight’s most distinguished native son recounts the colorful history of the town and the lives of the hardy people who built it and sustained a community in one of the least hospitable environments in the United States. Its story encompasses both Nevada’s early twentieth-century mining boom and the phenomenal growth of southern Nevada after World War II. Searchlight is a valuable contribution to the history of Nevada and a lively account of life in the forbidding depths of the Mojave Desert.br br
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Harry Reid
David Ross Was Brought Up In Blairgowrie, Perthshire And North Connel, Argyll. After Studying History At Edinburgh University And Training To Be A Teacher, He Entered The World Of Journalism, Where He Worked For His Whole Professional Life. In February 2017 He Won The Barron Trophy In Recognition For His Lifetime Achievement In Journalism In The Highlands And Islands.
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