Gem of the Sierra: Schemes and Splendor in Nineteenth-Century Lake Tahoe free ebook download.

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Author(s):	Gary Noy

Date:	2024	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	149623782X
Pages:	306	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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For many people the history and literature of Lake Tahoe is an endless love letter to its extraordinary splendor. But, as with most histories, the story is complicated. Lake Tahoe in the nineteenth century was marked by insult and mistreatment of the Indigenous population  commercial exploitation of the lakes timber, water, and fisheries  a paroxysm of resorts  environmental calamities  and venal political backbiting. In that era, too, Lake Tahoe became a commanding emblem of national longing and resolve. It was particularly attractive to those who viewed all things American as bigger, better, and more beautiful than what had come before. In a land dominated by ostentatious expectations and Manifest Destiny, those passionate advocates viewed the magnificent alpine lake as a transcendent symbol of American ideals, a land exemplifying the promise and preeminence of an exceptional social experiment.

This anthology gathers selections from fiction, nonfiction, and government documents that chronicle the splendor, the exploitation, and the controversies surrounding this extraordinary and much-loved alpine lake. Some selections have not appeared in print since their original publication, while others have not been republished or excerpted for decades.
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