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A Reporter at Large: Dateline: Pyramid Lake, Nevada
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A Reporter at Large: Dateline: Pyramid Lake, Nevada Paperback - 1999

by Aj Liebling; Elmer R. Rusco (Editor)


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In 1949, renowned journalist A. J. Liebling came to Reno to obtain a divorce, which required that he establish residency in Nevada for a period of six weeks. Liebling stayed at a guest ranch on the shores of Pyramid Lake. While there, his reporter's curiosity was engaged by a bitter dispute raging between the Paiutes and non-Indian squatters who were claiming the most agriculturally productive lands of the reservation and the waters feeding the lake that was the economic and spiritual heart of the Paiutes' ancient culture.

Liebling recorded the litigation over the fate of the Pyramid Lake Reservation lands in a series of articles published in The New Yorker in 1955. Reprinted here in their entirety, the essays discuss the affair in detail, following it from the shores of the lake to the halls of Congress, and introducing readers to the colorful world of 1950s Nevada. This is a valuable record of one of Nevada's most enduring and significant debates over the uses of the land and the precious water that nourishes it. Introduction by Elmer R. Rusco.

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  • Title A Reporter at Large: Dateline: Pyramid Lake, Nevada
  • Author Aj Liebling; Elmer R. Rusco (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 139
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nevada Press, Reno, NV
  • Date November 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780874173413 / 0874173418
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 5.54 x 0.48 in (21.62 x 14.07 x 1.22 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: Nevada
  • Library of Congress subjects Paiute Indians - History, Paiute Indians - Government relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99033548
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.355

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/1999, Page 597
  • Library Journal, 12/01/1999, Page 158
  • New Yorker (The), 12/20/1999, Page 99
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/18/1999, Page 67

About the author

A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) was a journalist whose biographer proposed "may well have been the greatest reporter of his time." He wrote widely on many subjects, including politics, boxing, and World War II, and much of his work remains in print even many years after his death. Elmer R. Rusco is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 1998, he was honored by the Reno/Sparks chapter of the NAACP with a Lifetime Achievement Award for African American History.
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