Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Memories of Nevada Magazine

Thanks to Nevada Magazine for inviting me to contribute some comments about my time at the magazine as part of the publication's 80th birthday. This appeared in the January-February 2016 issue.



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Thursday, January 14, 2016

More Press on A Short History of Reno

Thanks to the UNR Press for mentioning "A Short History of Reno" in its year-end round up of books it published in 2015:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=884293455024886&id=416453521808884
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Saturday, January 09, 2016

More News About Short History of Reno, Second Edition

Shout out to the University of Nevada Reno's "Nevada Today" web site for mentioning "A Short History of Reno, Second Edition" in early December:

http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2015/university-books

Also, thanks to Eric Moody and Susan Searcy for the nice review in the latest issue of "Nevada in the West" magazine! (Sorry it is hard to read. I'll try to get a better scan to post later. Unfortunately, the review isn't online so I can't link to it).

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