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Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1992. A presentation copy from former Senate Majority Leader and Nevada Senator Harry Reid to Harriet [Trudell]. Senator Reid's inscription reads: "To Harriet - one of the modern "operators" of Nevada…(signed) Harry Reid U.S.S. 3.6.94." According to her Las Vegas Review-Journal obituary (December 19, 2019) "Harriet Trudell was the Nevada State Democratic Party political director. A civil rights and feminist activist, Trudell ran a number of political campaigns and was foreign affairs aide for then-Sen. Harry Reid in the 1980s in Washington, D.C… Trudell marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama in the 1960s… [She] and her family moved to Las Vegas in 1962… Over the years, she ran local and state political campaigns, including the Nevada campaign for 1968 presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey and southern Nevada campaign for 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern… Trudell was a southern Nevada aide for Gov. Mike O'Callaghan in the 1970s and was foreign affairs aide in the 1980s for [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid. She was a board member for the National Organization for Women and was a lobbyist in the 1990s in Washington, D.C. for the Feminist Majority Foundation." NEW in a NEW dustjacket. Just a touch of very mild shelfwear to the jacket (like you sometimes find in any new book store). Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original silver-stamped black cloth. From the dust jacket: "George Wingfield was a major figure in Nevada history in the early decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy is felt throughout the state even today. A political and economic titan, he made a fortune in the gold fields of central Nevada and promptly bought a chain of banks and several hotels. Wingfield was a Republican party leader who was also influential among Democrats. His power was legendary and prevailing, as demonstrated by the nearly universal belief that he ran a bipartisan political machine. For a number of years Wingfield was described, without exaggeration, as the owner and operator of the state of Nevada. Some have revered him as Nevada's benevolent "friend." Others have condemned him as a "sagebrush caesar," a man who politically dominated the state "as arbitrarily as the czar ruled Russia." Elizabeth Raymond's biography depicts the man and his times, from his humble birth in Arkansas in 1876 until his death in Reno in 1959. Wingfield became a significant power in Nevada partly because he remained in the state with all of his money instead of leaving as other millionaires had done. His authority became increasingly contentious as his political activities gradually reshaped the state to coincide with his personal tastes and economic interests. His investments gave him national prominence and tremendous influence in a sparsely populated state, where an economic reliance on divorce and gambling was controversial. Ultimately, both political opponents and outside observers came to resent Wingfield's control. By the 1930s, when his banks collapsed, Wingfield was so bitterly resented that all attempts to reorganize and reopen them failed. In 1935, defeated and shorn of political power, Wingfield declared personal bankruptcy. Although a second fabulous gold mine brought him another fortune, he never recovered the political dominance he enjoyed at the height of his career in the 1920s. When Wingfield died in 1959, he had the satisfaction of witnessing the flourishing tourism-based economy he had worked so hard to promote.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. x, 351pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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