Betson Patrick (13 results)

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. If you love folklore you will find Betson's stories riveting. Author Patrick Betson is a storyteller make no mistake about it. Tahoe Daily Tribune/Tahoe World. Legends, tall tales and true accounts blend into a delightful read in Patrick Betson's The Ghosts of Lake Tahoe: The Stuff of Legends. The Tahoe Weekly. It's a great read for any history buff or Lake Tahoe fan, a great vacation book. The Nevada Magazine A colorful and rumbustious saga, Patrick's enthusiasm for Lake Tahoe is infectious Southend Evening Echo In a timeline of 150 years, here Patrick Betson brings together twelve stories, some remembered and some long forgotten, of some of the most colorful characters whoever crossed the western mountains reflected in the history of America's most glorious lake. The bravest of all the Pony Express riders, the ex-riverboat pilot who became a reporter and a giant of American literature, a Chinese migrant who risked life and limb to build a railroad, a tale of stock manipulation and murder that stemmed from a discovery of a Tahoe whirlpool, a salty seafarer who battled the worst of Tahoe's weather and gangrene, the silent terror that caused fear to the local lumber-jacks, the incorrigible stagecoach driver that gave a nineteenth-century icon a ride he wanted to forget, a refugee from the San Francisco earthquake who became an aquatic marvel, the famous of Hollywood's Golden Age that came to play, the overly optimistic New York lawyer who had an impossible dream that came true, and the unpaid Norwegian who flew down mountains delivering the US Mail. Tahoe is a meeting place, where the mountains meet the sky, where the snow meets the clear blue waters and where Nevada meets California. This book humbly brings you the stories of the men Sam Walter Foss might have alluded to when he said, Bring me men to match my mountains. Well here they are Sam, some of Tahoe's finest, The Ghosts of Lake Tahoe (The Stuff of Legends.) Patrick Betson. …

Condition: like_new. This book is in like new condition. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. The item is showing use from the previous owner but works perfectly. Signs of previous ownership which could include: tears, scuffing, notes, excessive highlighting, gift inscriptions, slight water damage, a missing dust jacket, and library markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Softcover book, signed by author on title pg. There are no other marks in or on the book, no highlighting, no rem-mark, and is clean and tight. Covers have no tears, chips or folds, and are clean. 248 pgs w/B&W photos. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by author on title page. Light edge wear and rubbing, interior is clean. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 266 pages. 8.82x5.91x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author "Patrick Betson 2013". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 249 pps.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy. 248 pps.