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Ghost Towns of the American West
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Ghost Towns of the American West Hardcover - 2001

by Bial, Raymond

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Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Ghost Towns of the American West
  • Author Bial, Raymond
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition None
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0618065571I3N01
  • ISBN 9780618065578 / 0618065571
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.3 x 8.28 x 0.38 in (26.16 x 21.03 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 7
  • Reading level 1100
  • Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.), West (U.S.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00031895
  • Dewey Decimal Code 978

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Summary

If it is abandoned by all or most of its inhabitants, a settlement becomes a ghost town. The buildings and dirt streets may remain, but the character and soul of the place change entirely. And so it was with mining camps, lumber camps, and cowboy towns scattered across America, particularly in the West: places with names like Gregory’s Diggings, Deadwood, Bodie, Calico, Goldfield, and Tombstone, some of the over 30,000 deserted towns in the United States.
Why did people come to these isolated places? Why did they leave? As Raymond Bial’s narrative explores the history of our ghost towns, his well-composed photo-graphs silently tell their stories: of bustling, muddy streets, of large mercantile stores, and, ultimately, of short-lived dreams of gold, fertile land, or simply a good place to call home.