The first comprehensive literature anthology of Nevada with over 200 selections from traditional Native American tales to contemporary writings on contemporary environmental concerns.

Cheryll Glotfelty is professor of English and director of graduate studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she teaches courses on literature and the environment. She was a CASE-Carnegie Professor of the Year for Nevada, and she earned her Ph.D in English from Cornell University. Glotfelty has published many essays on western writers, ecocology, and Nevada literature.