Ghost Towns of the West [Hardcover]

Lambert Florin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0883940132 | ISBN-13: 978-0883940136 | Publication Date: September 1986

Prepared by the West's most traveled spook hunter, this is an accurate guide to over 400 ghost towns in the western U.S. and Canada. With tales of greed and gold, pictures of dust-blown ruins in the coyote country, and specters drifting out of shaft heads, the author brings back that other life in the ageless West. Hundreds of rare photos make the ghosts of the early West walk again. 8-1/4" x 10-3/4".

Product Details

• Hardcover: 872 pages
• Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation (September 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883940132
• ISBN-13: 978-0883940136
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #770,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ghost town bible, November 8, 2000

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jacques de broekert (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost Towns of the West (Hardcover)

I have been to many of the locations given in this book. It is almost a shame that some of them are no longer in the same shape as when this book was originally published. I think that the research used by the author to be very accurate and makes for very entertaining reading. When I wish I was out exploring but can't go I pull this book off the shelf and it is as if I am there. The pictures leave a little to be desired but that adds to the mystery of the ghost town being described. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a thorough guide to western ghost towns. Well worth the cost of the book.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfull Book!!, May 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ghost Towns of the West (Hardcover)

A great book on the subject! The only reason I did not give it five stars is the lack of maps and the antiquity of the maps shown. Otherwise this book is a great source of information!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's entertaining, informative and well researched., December 20, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Ghost Towns of the West (Hardcover)

This book is the most extensive ghost town book I have ever seen or read. I believe the content is well detailed and documented. Though true of many ghost town books, I wonder if Florin's photos illustrate current conditions. Florin does not appear to leave any stone unturned in order to find historical details to compose each town's history in an interesting and many times comicial combination of text and pictures. To the book's detriment, the pictures are horrendous. Many are too contrasty, poorly exposed, and lack detail. I would have rated this book 10 if the photographs complemented the extensive research and text. If you are interested in ghost towns, it would appear that this publication could be a benchmark by which others are judged (exclusive of Florin's apparent lack of photographic expertise)