| Ghost Towns of Texas Revised Edition Contributor(s): Baker, T. Lindsay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806121890 ISBN-13: 9780806121895 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Travel | United States - South - West South Central (ar, La, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 917.640 |
| LCCN: 86040067 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 7.52" W x 10.88" (1.28 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town's founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, T. Lindsay: - T. Lindsay Baker, who holds the W. K. Gordon Chair in Industrial History at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, is Director of the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History, Thurber, Texas, and editor of the Windmiller's Gazette. He is the author of A Field Guide to American Windmills and North American Windmill Manufacturers' Trade Literature: A Descriptive Guide. |