Lake Tahoe by Peter Goin

Lake Tahoe by Peter Goin

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.

At the University of Nevada, Reno, Peter Goin teaches photography and video. Tracing the Line: A Photographic Study of the Mexican-American Border and Nuclear Landscapes are two of his other publications.

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ISBN 13	9780738530314
ISBN 10	073853031X
Title	Lake Tahoe
Author	Peter Goin
Series	Images Of America Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing
Year published	2005-08-30
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.