Robert Laxalt: 3 books
The Land of My Fathers
A Son's Return to the Basque Country
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In 1960, renowned Nevada writer Robert Laxalt moved himself and his family to a small Basque village in the French Pyrenees. The son of Basque emigrants, Laxalt wanted to learn as much as he could about the ancient and mysterious people from which he was descended and about the country from which...
by Robert Laxalt
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1977
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1977
Sagebrush and neon, shepherds and gangsters, a crossroads and a refuge, Nevada is a state that "didn't deserve to be."
Through a turbulent history, Nevada has searched for an identity to call its own. How well it has succeeded is the subject of Robert Laxalt's evocative portrait of the state and its people.
by Robert Laxalt
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2007
How long has it been since you fell in love with a book?
Dominique Laxalt was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert and nearby hills of the Sierra. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, Dominique dreamed of someday returning to the...