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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN num: 9780870043581
ISBN number: 0870043587
Label: Caxton Press
Manufacturer: Caxton Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 248
Printing Date: August 01, 1993
Publishing house: Caxton Press
Sale Popularity Level: 559569
Studio: Caxton Press
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Travel through the ghost-town country of the Pacific Northwest, guided by the camera and pen of Norman D. weis. Both well known and obscure towns, with intriguing names such as Comeback Mine Camp, Electric, Ruby, Greenback, Disautel, and Old Todora entice you to explore their secrets.
The author has given you a head start in your quest, having explored new angles for information on some of the more familiar ghost-towns, or visiting with old-timers for an offbeat story or two. The enigmas of lesser known areas are unraveled as Weis tells how he located each place, and conducted his on-site study of remains to decipher the town's reason for existence and the cause of its demise.
Norman's interviews with old-timers-always interesting occasionally factual, and consistently humorous-are sprinkled throughout the book. One told of a dredge in Atlantic City that rejected nuggets 'bigger than a walnut.' Another bemoaned the building of a five-story hotel in Yellow Jacket, finally completed the same year the mines played out. Then there was the meat house in Sheridan Mine Camp, built around a large tree stump which served as a built-in chopping block. Where these yarns disagree with history, both sides are told, that the reader may make his own determination.
A photographic artist, the author's appreciation for humor, history, and beauty are disclosed in the scores of pictures included in the text.
Armchair traveler, four-wheeler, or trail-bike enthusiast; GHOST TOWNS OF THE NORTHWEST will be a congenial companion on your subsequent adventure.
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This is an absolute great book about searching out and exploring all kinds of abandoned towns in the boonies of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The author explores a total of 62 ghost towns. It would be of interest to history buffs, explorers, and off-roaders, as well as nature lovers. It's interesting, even if you never venture out your front door. Weis is a great writer, with a light, lively and humorous style as he recounts the ups and downs of back roads, dirt trails and encounters with locals as he tracks down these lost worlds of the west. And Weis is also truly an outstanding photographer, with dozens of dramatic grey and white photos here to prove it. We've all heard about a handful of "tourist attraction" ghost towns, but this author, after checking out a few of those, goes way beyond and finds all kinds of ghost towns that truly have been forgotten. Reading this book is truly inspiring, encouraging readers to go out and explore and find their own lost towns with their weed-filled roads and teetering buildings, and perhaps a few odd characters lurking about. Weis gives tips for how to study topograhic maps to discover old town sites and what it takes to get to them. This book really strikes a chord in the heart of all would-be explorers and western history buffs. This is truly an enjoyable book, mixing light history, exploration, and just plain fun. It includes maps, and lots of great info. Who knows what has become of these ghost towns since this book was written? Weis' book makes that a question most people who read it will be hankering to explore.
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In this book the author describes his travels through ghost towns. In describing the areas, the author explains the directions and difficulties that were endured getting to the actual site. There is history about the towns and the author also notes the cause of a towns' demise. There are wonderful anecdotes from old-timers and some humorous tales of the author's travels. It is a book that makes for good reading, but not one that may be easily referred to during traveling, so reading and taking notes or marking pages is helpful. There are descriptions of the roads, but not all directions are clear whether some of these roads are accessible without a four-wheel drive vehicle. Many good photographs, but all pictures are in grey and white. It does however make this reader want to get off the couch to travel and explore.
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