Moreno is the author of 17 books, including “Reno Confidential: Eleven Historic Influencers," "Tales from the Nevada Ether: 13 Stories of Monsters, Miracles, and Madness," "True Crime in Reno," "Washington Historic Places on the National Register," "Frontier Fake News: Nevada's Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters," "A Short History of Reno, 2nd Edition,” “A Short History of Carson City,” “The Roadside History of Nevada,” and “Nevada Myths and Legends.” He is the former publisher of Nevada Magazine and earned the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award in 2007. He has written the "Backyard Travels in Nevada and Beyond" blog since 2006 (https://backyardtraveler.blogspot.com/).
Moreno is the author of 17 books, including “Reno Confidential: Eleven Historic Influencers," "Tales from the Nevada Ether: 13 Stories of Monsters, Miracles, and Madness," "True Crime in Reno," "Washington Historic Places on the National Register," "Frontier Fake News: Nevada's Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters," "A Short History of Reno, 2nd Edition,” “A Short History of Carson City,” “The Roadside History of Nevada,” and “Nevada Myths and...
In Reno Confidential, veteran Nevada historian Richard Moreno pulls back the curtain on the Biggest Little City to reveal eleven men and women who shaped its destiny―some celebrated, others nearly forgotten. Heavyweights like George Wingfield and William Harrah loom large, but Moreno digs deeper, spotlighting bold reformers, civil rights...
Noted Nevada historian Richard Moreno presents thirteen original short stories influenced by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, and Edgar Allan Poe. Enter a world of lost caves, ghost towns, old mines, and even dragons in this collection of haunting, mind-bending tales set in the land of sage and silver.
Reno's glittering casinos and welcoming atmosphere hides a multitude of tragic - and murderous - tales
Before the neon lights, the burgeoning city became the site of frontier mob justice when a local vigilante group, unwilling to wait for a verdict, hanged an accused killer from the city's main bridge. In the...
