The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode (Shepperson Series in Nevada History)

Ronald M. James

University of Nevada Press

Second Edition. From Introduction - He was known as one of the West Coast's most enigmatic residents. George Whittell, Jr. was born in 1881 in San Francisco, the child of economic elite. A hedonist with near-infinite resource, he was committed to the idea of never working, a goal he realized to the best of his ability throughout his life. He turned his attention in the 1930s to Lake Tahoe and built the finest retreat, the Thunderbird Lodge. (Description by http-mart, Roy Schoenbeck)

Castle in the Sky: George Whittell Jr. and the Thunderbird Lodge

Susan A. James

Thunderbird Lodge Press

An Adventurous Night (Sammy Shovel Novel-The Beginning)

James Milward

Private Investigator, Sammy Shovel, believed getting married was the most bizarre thing he's ever done. But a case of fire, murder, rape, and mistaken identity could get his new wife killed. A pyromaniac strikes downtown San Francisco, and the Warehouse Alliance Association hires Sammy Shovel to solve what Flame Manis burning down the city--none of the fires where considered suspicious. A body to body collision with a dangerous man leads Sammy to a gravestone, but is it just a coincidence or is the man in the grave a warlock or a case of stolen identity--. The case takes Shovel from the tropical paradise of Jamaica, to Seattle, and into to backwoods of Kentucky, and into the heart of the cause, an undetectable fire accelerant. Sammy enlists the help of a homeless man to help him discover what evil resides in a plain brown paper bag. A man no one will get near--his rankness spreads terror. Sammy Shovel may have met his match with a cunning arsonist.

Flame Man (Sammy Shovel)

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