Bravo 20 : the bombing of the American West / Richard Misrach with Myriam Weisang Misrach.

Main entry:

Misrach, Richard, 1949- photographer.

Title & Author:

Bravo 20 : the bombing of the American West / Richard Misrach with Myriam Weisang Misrach.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1990]
©1990

Description:

133 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 x 31 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130).
Part 1. The story -- Part 2. The photographs -- Part 3. Bravo 20 National Park, a proposal.

Summary:

"Here is the dramatic story and the first photographic documentation of what happened to the public's land at 'Bravo 20.' With the help of local residents, award-winning landscape photographer Richard Misrach gained access to the area using an 1872 mining law to claim a tract of land at the heart of the bombing range"--Barnesandnoble.com.

ISBN:

0801840651 (paperback)
9780801840654 (paperback)
0801840643
9780801840647

Subject:

Naval Air Station (Fallon, Nev.).
Bombing and gunnery ranges Nevada Fallon Region History 20th century.
National parks and reserves Nevada Fallon Region.
Bombing and gunnery ranges
National parks and reserves
Travel
Fallon Region (Nev.) Description and travel.
Naval Air Station (Fallon, Nev.) History.
Nevada Fallon Naval Air Station
Nevada Fallon Region
Photography

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Misrach, Myriam Weisang, author.
Creating the North American landscape.

Bravo Twenty
Bombing of the American West

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 63147
Call No.: IDM; ID:91-B1398
Status: Available

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