Out from Las Vegas; Adventures a Day Away: Adventures a Day Away (More of the West) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Florine Lawlor, Andy Zdon
Publisher: Spotted Dog Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 676891
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1893343073
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.931350434
EAN: 9781893343078
ASIN: 1893343073
Publication Date: December 31, 2002
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Out From Las Vegas: Adventures A Day Awayis America's favorite guide to the great getaways and scenic trips just a day or less away from downtown Las Vegas. Author Florine Lawlor, a third-generation Nevadan, was born to write about the Silver State. Daughter of a gold miner who once worked at the now abandoned ghost town of Delamar, FlorineÕs grandfather, a pioneer Nevada railroad man, worked for Union Pacific. Geologist Andy Zdon, (Desert Summits A Climbing & Hiking Guide to California and Southern Nevada, Geology of the Las Vegas Region) joined Florine on the update of this new edition. Listen to the wind in the spires of Cathedral Gorge or is that the voice of Mrs. GodbeÕs ghost riding over the hill from Bullionville? Look for lost diamonds in the McCulloughs or follow the old road to Alamo. Are there really unidentified flying objects in the evening skies above the remote Extra Terrestrial Highway or are those just members of the mysterious Groom Lake Flying Club? Pack the car, a cooler, and a copy of Out From Las Vegas and be prepared for an adventure for the entire family. ÒItÕs hot! Take a look a this gem of a book and begin planning at least a yearÕs worth of day or weekend trips in and around Nevada. I can guarantee youÕll be pleasantly surprised.Ó
Nancy Gott, freelance writer/adjunct professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ò. . . Lawlor put her lifelong love of the desert to work. . . to give Nevadans a greater appreciation of the beauty and history that exists here.Ó
Las Vegas Review Herald "Out From Las Vegas: Adventures A Day Away by travel writer Florine Lawlor is an intriguing, informative, and "user friendly" guide to a wealth of interesting landmarks, getaways and scenic geographical significants within a day from Las Vegas, Nevada. Packed from cover to cover with fun and peculiar findings, Out From Las Vegasintroduces the reader to a landscape and entity-based landmark world of Nevada never before known or recognized. Out From Las Vegas is very strongly recommended to all readers interested in travel to the Las Vegas area, or those already living in the area wishing to instill a new atmosphere or experience on their free days. Out From Las Vegas showcases the fact there there's more to do than visit the gaming tables of downtown casinos!"
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 An intriguing, informative, and "user friendly" guide to a wealth of interesting landmarks April 10, 2006
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Out From Las Vegas: Adventures A Day Away by travel writer Florine Lawlor is an intriguing, informative, and "user friendly" guide to a wealth of interesting landmarks, getaways and scenic geographical significants within a day from Las Vegas, Nevada. Packed from cover to cover with fun and peculiar findings, Out From Las Vegas introduces the reader to a landscape and entity-based landmark world of Nevada never before known or recognized. Out From Las Vegas is very strongly recommended to all readers interested in travel to the Las Vegas area, or those already living in the area wishing to instill a new atmosphere or experience on their free days. Out From Las Vegas showcases the fact there there's more to do than visit the gaming tables of downtown casinos!
 Beyond the glitter... December 14, 1999
Kirk Voelcker (Las Vegas, Nevada)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book describes favorite off-road trips to the rugged natural beauty of the Las Vegas desert, including the Red Rock Canyon, an idyllic contrast of deep sandstone canyon forests and desert hills in spring bloom. Alas, though much of what is described still exists, the book is nearly thirty years out of date and requires revision. Hey, I can do that! Why? I've lived in the Radiant City for thirty-five of my forty-one years. I am heartened that this book in the most popular purchase of the Las Vegas purchase circle. It means that those who have moved here truly wish to make Las Vegas home rather than the place they cashed in their Southern Californian real estate chips.
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