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Truckee
By: Joanne Meschery
Pub Date: 1978
Publisher:
Rocking Stone Press 
Binding:  Trade Paper
Illustrated: Historical photos 
Page Count: 114
ISBN: 
Price: NOTE: Temporarily out of print, expected in 2009. 
This is an illustrated history of Truckee and 
its surroundings, starting with the ice age and moving forward through the Donner Party tragedy, the gold and silver rushes, the transcontinental railroad, the burning of Chinatown, up to and including Truckee’s current incarnation as a ski town and tourist attraction.
Fire & Ice: A Portrait of Truckee
Edited By: Members of the Truckee Donner Historical Society 
Pub Date: 1994
Publisher: Truckee Donner Historical Society
Binding:  Trade Paper
Illustrated: Historical photos, maps 
Page Count:  92
ISBN: Z23469
Price: $21.95
This collection of essays and photos from various contributors brings the history of Truckee to life. In addition, the book also includes various maps that help to visualize the evolution of Truckee as a town.
Give Me a Mountain Meadow: The Life of Charles Fayette McGlashan
By: McGlashan, M. Nona
Pub Date: 1991
Publisher: Pioneer Publishing Co
Binding:  Trade Paper
Illustrated 
Page Count: 255 
ISBN: 
Price: $15.95
This is the story of one of Truckee and Nevada County’s most important pioneers as written by his granddaughter. Credited with saving the story of the Donner Party from oblivion as well as launching winter sports in the west, C.F. McGlashan was a key figure in the early 
history of California.
The Pioneer (Donner) Monument, The Origin of a Statue
By: Foley, Doris 
Illustrated: Historical Photos 
Pub Date: 1982
Publisher: Nevada County Historical Society
Binding: Quality
Pages: 40
ISBN: 0915641100
List Price: $7.50
This is the history of the monument erected in 1918 to honor the 19th-century travelers who followed the Truckee River Route to California.  A story of the struggle to create a statue that would please everyone.
Sawdust Trails in the Truckee Basin 
By: Wilson, Dick 
Illustrated: Historical photos 
Pub Date: 1992
Publisher: Nevada County Historical Society
Binding:Trade paper
Pages: 90
ISBN: 0915641046
List Price: $11.95
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Comstock 
silver strike was made in northern Nevada. This huge discovery generated an intense demand for lumber, most of which was to come from the nearby Truckee Basin. This is the story of these lumbering operations, which were to last three quarters of a century.

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