Great Ghost Towns of the West

Great book. Great photos. Great Ghost town stories.

This book was well worth the money. The exquisite pictures and text give the reader a glimpse into the past and the strife that befell many of our forefathers. Ghost towns are still living and breathing towns...just not with the breath of humans. Their story still beckons to be told and the author and photographer have done the job of story telling very well.

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.