“For years I thought that ‘Lakers’ were a basketball team
from Los Angeles. Now I know from reading Scott Lankford’s superlative new book
that “Lakers” are also fans of Lake Tahoe, a place that has inspired the
imaginations of Californians, and visitors to California from around the world.
Tahoe Beneath the Surface does exactly what the title suggests the book
will do. It does indeed go beneath the surface of the lake, and far beneath the
surface of its stunning history. The author dives deeply into the past, and
comes to the surface with stories that he tells in a beautiful way, and that
bring readers to the shores of the lake and to see it in all its glory. Tahoe
Beneath the Surface enabled me to see a California landmark in a new light
and to appreciate it more fully than I ever had before. The history that
Lankford tells is inspiring, and the tales of writers who have used Tahoe in
their works are profoundly invigorating. This is a book that I will treasure.
Anyone who has written this well and with so much charm and humor about Tahoe
must love the lake. It’s a lake that deserves to be loved for its singular
beauty. I think that if the lake itself could speak it would thank Lankford for
his deep reflections on its nature, its history and its place in literature. I
urge readers to dive into this book headfirst and to allow its currents to
carry them along. Bravo, Lankford, Bravo! This book will take me back to Tahoe
and enabled me to see it as though for the first time.” --Professor Jonah Raskin, Sonoma
State University, author of Field Days and
American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl
and the Making of the Beat Generation.
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