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cover of Gentleman in the Outdoors

Gentleman in the Outdoors

Sessions S Wheeler

University of Nevada Press, 1985

The material which Wheeler collected for his book, Gentleman in the Outdoors : A Portrait of Max C. Fleischmann is particularly rich and complete; Mrs. Sarah H. Fleischmann gave Wheeler several boxes of her husband's files and photographs related to his outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, sailing, and scientific expeditions. In addition, the Fleischmann materials included a thick binder, the contents of which Wheeler used extensively in his book. The binder included some material duplicated in the other Fleischmann files as well as correspondence between Wheeler and Fleischmann.

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cover of Tahoe Heritage: The Bliss Family Of Glenbrook, Nevada

Tahoe Heritage

The Bliss Family Of Glenbrook, Nevada

Sessions S Wheeler

University of Nevada Press, 1997

Tahoe Heritage is a lively chronicle of four generations of the pioneering Bliss family, beginning with Duane L. Bliss, a visionary who built an impressive lumbering business and later the renowned Glenbrook Inn. The inn was completed in 1907 and quickly became a destination for the elite of San Francisco. The hotel register contains the names of national figures who loved and frequented Glenbrook: Ulysses Grant, Joaquin Miller, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Clark Gable, and Rita Hayworth, to name a few. The Bliss family closed the inn in 1976. Anyone who has visited the Tahoe area, now a very different place from the idyllic days of Bliss family management, will enjoy this account of its growth and the remarkable family which brought it about.

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