Nevada schoolchildren explored the sculpturing of the state’s
waterways and the adventures of early American Indians soon after Calming
the Waters: Learning to Manage Water Conflict in the West was published
during summer 2003. The generously illustrated, 128-page curriculum was
immediately snapped up by Yerington Intermediate School and Pyramid Lake
Junior and Senior high schools. “This teaching tool provides youth,
ages 12 through 18, with the concepts, knowledge and skills to become
our future leaders in addressing water issues and collaboratively managing
water conflicts,” says author Loretta Singletary, Lyon County Extension
educator. For more information about Calming the Waters, contact
Singletary at (775) 463-6541, or singletaryl@unce.unr.edu;
for a copy of the publication, refer to: www.unce.unr.edu/publications/,
“water issues.”
Noted emeritus professor of history James Hulse’s new book, Oases of Culture: A History of Public and Academic Libraries in Nevada (University of Nevada Press, 2003), is a must-have for readers fascinated
by the evolution of the state’s public libraries. Hulse traces the
95-year growth of the Washoe County library system and addresses the maturation
of the public libraries in Las Vegas and Clark County, and concludes with
an examination of Nevada’s university and community college libraries.
College of Education professors D. Lamont Johnson and Cleborne
D. Maddux are editors of Technology In Education: A Twenty-Year Retrospective
(The Haworth Press, 2003).
Ruth Linnea Whitney, who received her M.A. from Nevada, has a
debut novel, Slim, from Southern Methodist University Press.
Whitney’s novel is set in a small African country at the start of
the AIDS epidemic.
A Family Affair: Harolds Club and the Smiths Remembered,
the most recent publication of the University of Nevada Oral History Program,
is based on interviews with members of the Smith family and former employees
of Harolds Club. It is also a chronicle of the casino industry’s
colorful, vigorous and sometimes outrageous youth. The book draws from
oral history interviews conducted by Dwayne Kling and narrative composed
by R.T. King, director of the Oral History Program.
D. Gail Bellenger, a 1988 graduate of Nevada in anthropology
and a 1996 graduate of Nevada in conservation biology/environmental resource
management, has had her first novel published. Her historical fiction
novel, 68 A.D., is available online at various major booksellers,
including Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Bellenger works as a biologist
in Carson City and has just completed her second novel in the series.
Her Web site is www.authorsden.com/gailbellenger
