Devils Will Reign: How Nevada Began

by Sally Zanjani

Book Overview

Nevada entered the Union in 1864 as the thirty-sixth state, a mere two decades after John Charles Fr mont and his party undertook the first Euro-American exploration of the Great Basin. However, the intervening years were exceptionally eventful--gold was discovered in California in 1848; the debate over slavery in the territories made the Far West a significant topic of congressional concern; and the Mormon establishment in Utah stimulated national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874177243
• ISBN13: 9780874177244
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"