By the early 1950s, when the Bonanza Village neighborhood was being built, Las Vegas was coming into its own as a resort community, but it still traded on its image as a Western frontier town.
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Las Vegas writer Clyde B. Northrup studied 19th- and 20th-century British literature, the history of the novel and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien while working on his Ph.D. at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He taps that background in his own fantasy series “The Redemption.” Northrup’s books in the series include “Chosen of the One,” “Staff of Shagmar” and “The Morgle Unmasked.” Three more books are planned. “Chosen of the One” can be downloaded free at smashwords.com. Northrup’s talents also include poetry, which can be found in his collections “Exhalations from the Grave,” “Stones in the Stream” and his autobiographical poetry collections “Ode to a Stump Farm” and “The Broiler Pit: Memories of a Misbegotten Childhood.” For more information, visit clydebnorthrup.webs.com.
Terri Schlichenmeyer reviews “The Ghost Prison,” a young adult book by Joseph Delaney.
This week’s literary events include a lecture by University of Nevada, Las Vegas, professor Timothy Erwin and a Sun City MacDonald Ranch Literary Guild event featuring “On Two Fronts” authors Lance Taubold and Sgt. Adam Fenner.
Question: We are considering planting a couple of pistachio trees. Is this a good move? If so, should we plant them in full sunlight or in a spot that gets sun only part of the day?
View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.
Melissa Lowe has graduated from Air Force basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.
LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION TO BENEFIT FROM FOOD COLLECTION
Lifelong Nevadan Leslie Parraguirre, 54, is a textbook example of the resilience that has made Las Vegas rebound after numerous hard economic times. She has faced the challenge of the latest recession while battling health problems that would have felled the average person.