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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10080613724X
ISBN-139780806137247
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038421221
Product Key Features
Book TitleMore Ghost Towns of Texas
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicUnited States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Special Interest / General, United States / 19th Century, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Reference, History
AuthorT. Lindsay Baker
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal917.6404/64
SynopsisThere is something romantic yet harshly concrete about an abandoned town. Dreams, conflicts, and losses still haunt what remains, so it?s no wonder we call these locales ?ghost towns.? A companion volume to his Ghost Towns of Texas, T. Lindsay Baker?s More Ghost Towns of Texas provides readers with histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. The ninety-four towns described in this book range from American Indian sites abandoned prior to the arrival of Europeans to towns abandoned within the past decade. Baker?s own recent photographs of the towns are complemented by historic photographs of more prosperous times. Many of these locations have never before appeared in any ghost town guide. Based on hundreds of miles of travel and fieldwork in abandoned towns all across Texas, More Ghost Towns of Texas lists sites throughout the state so that people from anywhere in the state can reach a ghost town in a day?s trip., A companion volume to his "Ghost Towns of Texas, More Ghost Towns of Texas" provides readers with comprehensive descriptions, histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. 199 illustrations. 95 maps., There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about an abandoned town. Dreams, conflicts, and losses still haunt what remains, so it's no wonder we call these locales "ghost towns." A companion volume to his Ghost Towns of Texas , T. Lindsay Baker's More Ghost Towns of Texas provides readers with histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. The ninety-four towns described in this book range from American Indian sites abandoned prior to the arrival of Europeans to towns abandoned within the past decade. Baker's own recent photographs of the towns are complemented by historic photographs of more prosperous times. Many of these locations have never before appeared in any ghost town guide. Based on hundreds of miles of travel and fieldwork in abandoned towns all across Texas, More Ghost Towns of Texas lists sites throughout the state so that people from anywhere in the state can reach a ghost town in a day's trip., This companion volume to Ghost Towns of Texas provides readers with histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. Complemented with 199 b&w historic and contemporary photographs and 92 maps, this book describes 94 ghost towns ranging from American Indian sites to recently abandoned towns.
