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Author:   Richard Moreno
Publisher:   University of Nevada Press
Imprint:   University of Nevada Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781647790868

ISBN 10:   1647790867
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   07 March 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Cover Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Chapter Introduction: In on the Joke Chapter 1. A Peculiar Relationship with the Truth Man-Bats on the Moon Edgar Allan Poe's Flight of Fancy A Hoax to Disprove a Hoax ""A Shocking Sabbath Carnival of Death"" Meanwhile, out West A Sidebar—Twentieth-Century Scientific Hoaxes Chapter 2. The Sagebrush School An Exclusive Club Bret Harte's West The Devil's Typographer Renaissance Men Chapter 3. The Humorist How It All Began Trading a Pickax for a Pen News Is Serious Business—or Not ""Mark One, Mark Twain"" Foils and Feuds Pushing the Limits Going Too Far Chapter 4. The Master Joining the Team The ""Quaints"" Big Bonanza Chapter 5. The Liar The Real Lyin' Jim Truth Be Damned Chapter 6. The Scribe A Social Club Is Born Moving On The Story of the Wabuska Mangler An Appealing Opportunity Writing About ""Sumpthin"" Peculiar Making History Chapter 8. The Diarist The April Fools' Day ""Sell"" The Pranksters >From Good Times to Bad Chapter 9. The Vagabond Birth of Semblins The Wandering Years That ""Major"" Title The Time Two Women Fell in Love ""A Few 'Sticksful' of Fiction"" Coming into His Own Politics Comes Calling A Good Man Rollin M. Daggett The Enterprise Goes Dark Chapter 12. The Descendants ""Luscious Lucius"" and Charles Clegg The Enterprise Is Reborn ""The Wild and Wooly School"" The Bob Richards Era Chapter 13. The Wine of Life Selected Bibliography Index About the Author"

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"""Rich Moreno's inviting, graceful writing combined with an intriguing topic, central to the western experience, is a welcome addition to regional literature. Frontier Fake News is a delightful book.""—Ronald M. James, Nevada state historic preservation officer (retired), author of The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode ""Moreno is one of the leading, most experienced writers on Nevada history and he did a masterful job of telling the story of these gifted, quirky writers . . . weaving together their writings, the analysis of scholars, and his own interpretation, to present them in full, living color, warts and all. I loved this book!""—Martin Griffith, Associated Press journalist, 1985-2015"

Rich Moreno's inviting, graceful writing combined with an intriguing topic, central to the western experience, is a welcome addition to regional literature. Frontier Fake News is a delightful book. --Ronald M. James, Nevada state historic preservation officer (retired), author of The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode Moreno is one of the leading, most experienced writers on Nevada history and he did a masterful job of telling the story of these gifted, quirky writers . . . weaving together their writings, the analysis of scholars, and his own interpretation, to present them in full, living color, warts and all. I loved this book! --Martin Griffith, Associated Press journalist, 1985-2015

Author Information

Richard Moreno is the former publisher of Nevada Magazine and author of fourteen books, including Roadside History of Nevada, A Short History of Carson City, and A Short History of Reno. For more than three decades, he has written a weekly history/travel column that appears in the Lahontan Valley News and the Nevada Appeal. In 2007, Moreno was awarded the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award.

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