Ghost Towns of Texas: New Dynamics in Uncomfortable Wars, Paperback - T. Lindsay Baker

Reducere. "The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to lif...

Reducere. There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about an abandoned town. Dreams, conflicts, and losses still haunt what remains, so it's no wonder...

Reducere. From the earliest days of European settlement, Americans have cherished the sight of a windmill--an instantly recognizable feature of the American ...

Reducere. In the spring of 1874 a handful of men and one women set out for the Texas Panhandle to seek their fortunes in the great buffalo hunt. Moving south...

In the spring of 1874 a handful of men and one women set out for the Texas Panhandle to seek their fortunes in the great buffalo hunt. Moving south...

Reducere. This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area. First published in 1981 and now available only from the Uni...

Reducere. By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these...

Reducere. Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, the...

Reducere. Before the development of the first self-governing windmill, settlement of the upland areas of the American West was almost impossible. Windmills w...

Reducere. The first book of the twenty-first century on New Mexico's ghost towns, this illustrated survey is based on research, interviews, and the travels o...

Reducere. In places like the valley town of Alma, once known to Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and through the dusty streets of San Antonio, where Conrad ...

Reducere. North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state's controversial decision to dam the region's rivers for power and water ...

Reducere. Arizona's ghost towns exemplify man's courage, tenacity, and perhaps even foolishness in his search for wealth. Inevitable by-products of the devel...

Reducere. In the past 150 years as many as two thousand Oklahoma hamlets, villages, towns, and even cities have bloomed and then died. Some have faded away, ...

Reducere. Although the Death Valley area is sparsely populated, it once was home to a good many towns, some of which not only have disappeared from the deser...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical CommissionSawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many s...

Reducere. DescriptionNorth Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state's controversial decision to dam the region's rivers for power...

Reducere. Water is the lifeblood of human existence. New Mexico's history provides a fascinating microcosm of the role water plays in the growth and developm...

Reducere. The 1849 Gold Rush lives today throughout Northern California, from the name of a San Francisco football team to the many small towns -- including ...

Reducere. DescriptionA guide to 25 of Montana's ghost towns Learn the history, reminisce with black and white photos and get directions to take you there

Reducere. DescriptionFrom abandoned sites such as Old Hachita and Sublette to historic towns that have survived until today (Columbus, Mesilla, Lincoln), New...

Reducere. Wind whistles through an abandoned mine shaft. A loose door knocks in the breeze. Cattle feed past the tilted skeleton of a barn. Underneath, if yo...

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Reducere. Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida don't have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden sa...

Reducere. From dusty desert sh*tholes to free-range bogan breeding grounds, to the bin-chicken playgrounds of our megacities, Sh*t Towns of Australia is a gu...

Reducere. The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and rail...

In a modern and twisty retelling of Jane Eyre, a young woman must question everything she thinks she knows about love, loyalty, and murder.Jane has...

Reducere. The Black Hills have been famous ever since the gold rush days of the 1870s when General George A. Custer's expedition in the summer of 1874 found ...

Reducere. Read the stories that first appeared in the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette reveal real life in the old mining towns in words and photos.

Reducere. Texas is a land of legends and folktales. Some of them are based on characters like Pecos Bill, Bigfoot Wallace, and Davy Crockett - loud, outgoing...

Reducere. DescriptionHauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Lone Star State Reader, beware Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where gh...

In a modern and twisty retelling of Jane Eyre, a young woman must question everything she thinks she knows about love, loyalty, and murder.Jane has...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This poetry collection is the record of an American's return home after a decade abroad, an exile imposed solely because he loved another man. In a...

Reducere. Cemeteries, abandoned buildings, and roads to nowhere are all that remain of several once-thriving towns in Pennsylvania. This guidebook profiles 4...

English Nationalism and its Ghost Towns situates the rise in nationalism and resentment towards society and politics within the decline of the post...

Reducere. Searching for gold in the American West was not for the faint of heart. To reach the fabled gold fields of California, prospectors penetrated the b...

Two respected Old Testament scholars offer a fresh, comprehensive treatment of the messiah theme throughout the entire Old Testament and examine it...

Reducere. DescriptionFounded by Glenn Morris in 2012, the Ohio Ghost Town Exploration Co. researches, explores, and promotes the preservation of the coolest ...

Reducere. DescriptionNew York State's rich and colorful history has given rise to a wealth of blood-curdling, spine-tingling tales of the supernatural. Spann...

Reducere. Strange orbs, ghostly apparitions, unsettling noises from invisible sources. a few things you want in a great ghost story. It is event better when ...

Reducere. The long-intertwined communities of the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation and the bordering towns in Sheridan County, Nebraska, mark their histo...

Reducere. This readable survey on the history of missions tells the story of pivotal turning points in the expansion of Christianity, enabling readers to gra...

Reducere. Composed, for the most part, from sketches that were published in the Courier-Post newspapers of Camden, New Jersey, Beck provides us with a series...

Reducere. Charles Goodnight was a pioneer of the early range cattle industry--an opinionated and profane but energetic and well-liked rancher.Goodnight's sto...

Reducere. Home to more than just tollbooths, The Sopranos and Bruce Springsteen, the Garden State has always been a haven for all things weird and supernatur...

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Reducere. Along with its Wild West spirit, geographical diversity, dramatic history and sheer size, Texas contains a wealth of spinetingling stories of the s...

Reducere. A fascinating look at Ohio's forgotten history Take a leisurely tour across the Buckeye State with author Randy McNutt to a massive swamp that swal...