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Sessions S. Wheeler
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame 1989
Sessions "Buck" Wheeler (1911-1998) was born in Fernley when Nevada's population was about 80,000. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno. He served as the first Director of the Nevada State Fish and Game Commission from 1947-50. As a writer, teacher and biologist, he received many awards and spent his life recording what he knew about his beloved Nevada. Wheeler spent his life as a biology and conservation teacher at Fernley High School (1935), Reno High School (1936-1966), UNR, and the University of Southern California. In 1962, the National Association of Biology Teachers named him the Outstanding Biology Teacher of Nevada. He was awarded the University of Nevada Distinguished Nevadan Award in 1963.
Bibliography for Sessions Wheeler
Novel:
Paiute. Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Printers, 1965. [Available: Knowledge Center: PS 3573 .H434 P3]
Nonfiction:
The Black Rock Desert. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1978. [Available: Knowledge Center: F 847 .B53 W47]
The Desert Lake: The Story of Nevada's Pyramid Lake. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1967. [Available: Knowledge Center, Special Collections & DeLaMare Library: F 847 W3 W49]
Gentleman in the Outdoors: A Portrait of Max C. Fleischmann. Reno: Univ. of Nevada Press, 1985. [Available: Knowledge Center: QH 31 .F59 W47 1985]
The Nevada Desert. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1971. [Available: Knowledge Center: F 841 W47]
"The Nevada Desert (excerpt)." in Glotfelty, Cheryll, ed. Literary Nevada: Writings from the Silver State. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2008. [Available: Knowledge Center, Special Collections]
Meaker, Reginald. Nevada Desert Sheepman. (as told to Sessions S. Wheeler and Gerald Meaker) Sparks, NV: Printed by Western Printing & Pub. Co., 1981. [Available: Getchell Library, Special Collections: F 841 .M4]
Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1978. [Available: Knowledge Center: F 847 .B53 W47 1978b
Poplar and Willow Canker: A Serious Disease of Shade Trees in Nevada. Reno, NV: University of Nevada, 1935. [Available: Knowledge Center: Thesis 0050]
Tahoe Heritage: The Bliss Family of Glenbrook, Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1992. Foreward by Robert Laxalt. [Available: Knowledge Center: F 868 .T2 W48 1992]
Biographical Sources & Critical Response:
Authors of Books for Young People. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971 and 1990. 2nd & 3rd eds. [Available: Knowledge Center: PN 452 .W35 and PN 452 .W35 1990]
Breckenridge, Karl. "3 big men on campus -- Jot, Noble and Max." Reno Gazette-Journal (October 22, 2006): p. A5. [Available: Knowledge Center, Research, Microfilm N9 2006]
Contemporary Authors. Detroit: GaleResearch, 1976. Vols. 17-20. 1st rev. [Available: Knowledge Center: Research Z1224 .C6 and via the Library web site's Gale Literature Resource Center database]
Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Detroit: GaleResearch, 1989. [Available: Knowledge Center: Research Z1224 .C62 and via the Library web site's Gale Literature Resource Center database]
The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. 7th & 8th eds. Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, 1976. [Available: Knowledge Center: Z 1010 .I57]
Stan Paregien's Cowboy Directory
Wheeler, Sessions. Interview, 1973. [Available: Knowledge Center, Special Collections: 83-13] Interviewer: Allen V. Mundt. Topic: History of environmental education in Nevada to 1973.
Wheeler, Sessions. Papers, 1849-1992, bulk 1928-1992. [Available: Knowledge Center, Special Collections: 99-01]
Who's Who in America. 40th-47th, 49th, 51st & 53rd eds. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1978-93, 1995-96, 1999. [Available: Knowledge Center: E176 .W642]
Who's Who in the World. 5th & 11th eds. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1978 and 1992. [Available: Knowledge Center: CT120 .W5]
Please direct questions about this bibliography to Betty Glass
Please direct questions to Millie Mitchell
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Updated July 18, 2008
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