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SUMMARY:Nevada Historical Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb Fall Series: Vintage Fake News
DESCRIPTION:Vintage Fake News: Twain\, DeQuille\, hoaxes and tall tales in 
 Comstock newspapers\n\nLive on Facebook and Zoom\n\nNevada Historical 
 Society presents High Noon with Neal Cobb\, a wonderful history series that 
 delves into fascinating Nevada topics with local experts. Neal Cobb is a 
 passionate historian and honorary curator for the Nevada Historical 
 Society. He loves all things Nevada. Join Neal Cobb and our monthly 
 speakers as we explore interesting topics and join in the audience 
 conversations.\n\nIn the early days of Virginia City\, newspaper columns 
 offered both real news and tall tales. It was often hard to tell the 
 difference. Sometimes readers could see through the hoaxes\, but in many 
 cases fictional reports were not only believed but picked up by other 
 publications throughout the nation and the world. Mark Twain and Dan De 
 Quille – along with other journalists in the West -- were the authors of 
 a lot of that fake news. De Quille’s tales included accounts of a man 
 fossilized in silver ore\, rocks that moved under their own power and a 
 suit of “solar armor” used for crossing Death Valley. \n\nSome 
 imaginative stories were funny\, but others\, such as Twain’s famous 
 Empire City Massacre hoax\, frightened readers from Carson City to New 
 York. Journalist and author Frank X. Mullen revisits some of those flights 
 of fancy and how they amused – or horrified – Victorian audiences. 
 \n\nNovember Speaker: Frank X. Mullen Jr.\n\nFrank X. Mullen is a 
 Reno-based journalist\, author\, adjunct professor and historian. He has 
 been a newspaperman for 40 years\, including 25 years as an investigative 
 reporter at the Reno Gazette-Journal\, and is currently editor of the Reno 
 News & Review. Frank is the author of “The Donner Party Chronicles” and 
 a contributor to other books about Nevada history. He has appeared in 
 documentaries on the History Channel\, PBS and other networks. In 2021\, 
 the Nevada Press Association inducted Frank into the Nevada Newspaper Hall 
 of Fame and he was named Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer for 2021 by the 
 Reynolds School of Journalism and the Nevada Humanities Committee.\n\nAll 
 of our virtual events are shared on Facebook\, and are archived on the 
 Library website\, and YouTube.
ORGANIZER;CN="John Andrews":MAILTO:JAndrews@washoecounty.gov
CATEGORIES:History, Local Interest
CONTACT;CN="John Andrews":MAILTO:JAndrews@washoecounty.gov
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