Ghosts of the Glory Trail
Ghosts of the Glory Trail

Author: Nell Murbarger

Publisher:

Published: 1978-03-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 9780913814598

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Intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 Western ghost towns.

The Appian Way
The Appian Way

Author: Robert A. Kaster

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0226425711

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Describes travel down the Appian Way while analyzing the meaning of the road in modern and ancient context.

Ghost Towns of Northern California
Ghost Towns of Northern California

Author: Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781610600804

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A travel guide to northern California's 50 deserted mining towns, plus the "ghost prison" of Alcatraz and a couple of Chinese fishing villages in the San Francisco Bay area.

Wild
Wild

Author: Cheryl Strayed

Publisher:

Published: 2023-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838959548

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'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' Nick Hornby

Ghost Towns of California
Ghost Towns of California

Author:

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 2012-07-15

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 076034082X

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"A guide to the best ghost towns of California. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these sites, including maps, directions, history, and photos"--Provided by publisher.

The Big Book of Nevada Ghost Stories
The Big Book of Nevada Ghost Stories

Author: Janice Oberding

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-08-01

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1493073478

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Time has all but forgotten the tragic tales of those who have passed through Nevada, but their spirits remain. As arguably the most haunted state in the nation, Nevada has more than its share of ghosts with intriguing stories and historical connections. Among them is the unfortunate gangster, Bugsy Siegel who died in Beverly Hills only to return to his old stomping grounds, the Flamingo Las Vegas; Julia Bulette, the ill-fated prostitute who was slaughtered in her bed on a cold January morning in 1867; and the many haunted houses in Reno, their owners forever tied to their homes, refusing to depart.

A Mine of Her Own
A Mine of Her Own

Author: Sally Zanjani

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780803299160

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prospectors for the first time. Sally Zanjani depicts more than one hundred women prospectors in often grueling, financially unrewarding, and utterly lonely efforts to strike it rich from the desert Southwest to the frozen rocks of Alaska and the Yukon. She tells their stories with warmth and skill and, in bringing them to life, forever changes our mental picture of the women who helped shape the modern West.