Lake Tahoe, Paperback by Goin, Peter, Brand New, Free shipping in the US-image

Lake Tahoe, Paperback by Goin, Peter, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

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Number of Pages: 128 Pages height: 0.3 in Illustrator: Yes Author: Peter Goin ISBN: 9780738530314 Item Length: 9.2 in Format: Perfect Item Width: 6.5 in Item Weight: 0.7 Oz Book Title: Lake TAHOE Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / General Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Item Height: 0.3 in Genre: Travel, Photography, History width: 6.5 in Book Series: Images of America Ser. Language: English Publication Year: 2005

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Lake Tahoe, Paperback by Goin, Peter, Brand New, Free shipping in the US. Its spectacular natural landscape, shared by both California and Nevada, is more designed than people realize. Lake Tahoe, Paperback by Goin, Peter, ISBN 073853031X, ISBN-13 9780738530314, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Washoe Indians called it Tah-ve, an unfathomable liquid sapphire set in a 500 square-mile watershed of alpine snow and ice. Too deep and vast to freeze, Lake Tahoe's waters have, over time, reflected pristine forests, barren hillsides littered with slash and sawdust, managed restoration, and the glow of neon casino marquees. Its spectacular natural landscape, shared by both California and Nevada, is more designed than people realize. Humans transformed most of the old trees into mine shafts and cities. When the railroad, and later the automobile, domesticated the lake, putting it within recreational reach of the middle class, much of Lake Tahoe's shore became a managed wilderness. Its location along a political border created a unique merger of naturalist and gaming economies.

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