Feb 3 - Guy Clifton, The Jackass that Kicked Back
Posted by John Jones
on Feb 02, 2015
NOTE: The meeting will be in the CHI restaurant in the Peppermill
“The Jackass that Kicked Back: How a Reno newspaper cartoonist inspired the The Fight of the Century.” How history almost lost the contributions of Art Buehl.
Guy Clifton is a senior reporter and columnist for Reno Gazette-Journal specializing in stories about Nevada and Nevadans. He grew up in the central Nevada mining town of Gabbs and attended the University of Nevada, Reno to study journalism. He is a former editor of the Gardnerville Record-Courier and Tahoe World and has been with the RGJ for 21 years.
In addition to his newspaper writing, he has written seven books: a history of the Reno Rodeo; two volumes of You Know You’re A Nevadan If…; Dempsey In Nevada about former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey’s days in the Silver State; Johnson-Jeffries: Dateline Reno, a look at the 100th anniversary of the famous heavyweight title fight; Reno, a photographic history of Reno for Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America,” series; and The Prospectors’ Club of Reno: A History.
In addition to his newspaper writing, he has written seven books: a history of the Reno Rodeo; two volumes of You Know You’re A Nevadan If…; Dempsey In Nevada about former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey’s days in the Silver State; Johnson-Jeffries: Dateline Reno, a look at the 100th anniversary of the famous heavyweight title fight; Reno, a photographic history of Reno for Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America,” series; and The Prospectors’ Club of Reno: A History.