“. . . this piece of old-fashioned local history is clearly a labor of love. Searchlight, Nevada, originated as a gold mining camp. It has by turns shriveled and flourished from the 1890s until the present, never quite dying even in the worst of times. Reared in Searchlight, Reid, in plain straightforward prose, directs his own searchlight of inquiry toward every aspect of the town’s life.” —D.W. Steeples, CHOICE