Great Ghost Towns of the West [Hardcover]

Tom Till (Author), Teresa Jordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001

Take a step back in time in this evocative photo journey through the ghost towns of the West.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Author of more than 35 books, Tom Till is one of America's most published travel, landscape, and nature photographers. More than 100,000 of his images have appeared in print worldwide. In 2008, an exhibition of his photographs of UN World Heritage Sites began its world tour, starting in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2006 Till received the prestigious North American Nature Photography Association Fellow Award for achievement in nature photography. Till has traveled to New Jersey more than thirty times in a twenty-year period to photograph the state's sites and culture.

Jordan is the recipient of the Western Heritage Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame for scriptwriting and literary fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 127 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Books (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558685219
• ISBN-13: 978-1558685215
• Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 10.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,325,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful photographic journey through western ghost towns, February 4, 2003

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C. Hill (Oregon, U.S.) - See all my reviews
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I've always been fascinated by ghost towns, but I don't really have the ambition or the means to visit them, so this book was a great find for me. Be forewarned: this is not a guide for visiting ghost towns, nor is it a guide on photographing ghost towns. What this book does contain is wonderful photographs of western ghost towns with some accompanying background and history. So if you're like me, if you have an interest in ghost towns but can't see them in real life, this book is a great way to explore them without going there. Great photography and very interesting history make this a book worth having.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice pictures, but no techniques or recommendations, January 4, 2002

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Mikhail Arkhipov (Woodinville, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is more like photo album, not an educational material for a photographer. No techniqie description, no explanation how to get to those towns, what is the best season, which equipment was used. A coffee table book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT BAD, BUT ALSO NOT THAT GOOD, February 19, 2007

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Dustin M. Dudley - See all my reviews
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This best part of this book is the picutres. They are spectacular! But the problem is that there is almost no supporting information. The text pretty much consists of a generalized history or synopsis of a ghost town. If you want to see great pictures along with history of the towns, other pertinent informantion, directions or locations, then don't buy this book!! A ghost town book with most of the western states seems like a great idea, but the authors failed. Many great ghost towns are even left out. Why no Ruby, Arizona, Gold Point, Nevada or Silver Reef, Utah? I don't know. It is not even divided into chapters or sections by state or geographic region, just a mix of various pictures throughout the book (but magnificent pictures they are). My recommendation, this is probably not the book you want.