Dust in the Wind: A Guide to American Ghost Towns [Paperback]

Gary B. Speck (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Whites Electronics; 1St Edition edition (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882279050
• ISBN-13: 978-1882279050
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,015,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Everybody has some interest in history. Some folks just dream about The Good Old Days, while others do something about it.

Author and photographer, Gary B. Speck is in the latter category. Shortly after his book, Dust in the Wind - A Guide to American Ghost Towns hit the market in 1996, CNN featured him on a prime time news segment, dubbing him the Ghost Town Guru.

A third generation native Californian, Speck has an unquenchable passion for the past, which has led him to research and explore thousands of ghost towns across the United States and Canada over the past 40 years.

His first published magazine article was in 1978, and to date, that number has climbed to well over 500 articles, 3000 photographs and two books. He has appeared on national television three times, including his latest adventure with the History Channel's Life After People series, Episode 4, which first aired in May 2009.

His GHOST TOWN USA column is a popular monthly feature in Western & Eastern Treasures magazine, and is now deep into its 27th year!

He is the author of two Ghost Town books, the first is the previously mentioned DUST IN THE WIND - A Guide to American Ghost Towns, which was published in 1996. His latest book just now hitting the shelves in May 2010 is entitled Ghost Towns - Yesterday & Today and also features several dozen of his photographs.

His sense of adventure has allowed him the privilege of being buzzed by jet fighters in the Mojave Desert, being run off PUBLIC land by a shotgun totin' old-timer and being bit by a rattlesnake.

He hopes his growing brood of grandchildren grow up with the same sense of adventure and love of history.

In addition to his regular writing, he maintains his website at: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtusa/

He can be contacted via E-mail at: [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly accurate and informative. A must for all travelers., August 23, 1997

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This review is from: Dust in the Wind: A Guide to American Ghost Towns (Paperback)

Recently my family and I went back east for a 3 week vacation and used this book as a reference guide. In our travels we took many side trips and along the way we visited many of the sites listed in this book in the areas we traveled through. The author's descriptions and directions were right on the money. This is also the first book I have ever run across that addresses ghost towns in all 50 states. It is an absolute gem! We can't wait for our next vacation to explore more of the sites that are detailed in this book