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Title: Ghost Towns of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Mining Camps and Ghost Towns (Pictorial Discovery Guide) by Philip Varney, John Drew ISBN: 0-89658-418-6 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the two best ghost-town books I've seen.
Comment: [Paired review with Arizona Ghost Towns & Mining Camps, by Philip Varney] Ghost town books are traditionally rather scruffy affairs, with dim photos, little organization and an amateurish look. Philip Varney has raised the bar with these two books. Both feature clean design, good directions to the sites, excellent photographs and well-written text. Varley writes "I wanted a practical, informative guide that would give me the details I needed next to me on the sea of my truck." Both books are squarely on his mark.
The Colorado book is nicer: all the present-day photographs are in color, and the extra 24 pages allow more photos and a bit more depth to the text. But the Arizona book is no slouch: it has the advantage of Arizona Highways' long experience in producing good, easy-to-use guidebooks (plus it's cheaper). I've been to most of the sites in both books; in almost every case I've learned something new from his books. The photos are excellent, the maps and directions are easy to follow, and Varney's writing style is personable and informative.
Either book will make a fine companion for your next Colorado or Arizona vacation, even if you don't ordinarily pay much attention to ghost towns. Those with an interest in Western history *need* both books. And they're both excellent for armchair travellers. We're already talking about a Colorado trip next summer --Kathleen's never seen the *real* South Park.
Varney really has no competition for either state. These are the two best ghost-town guidebooks I'v seen. He'salso written ghost-town guides for New Mexico (1987?) and Southern California (1990); both are in print, but I haven't read them. ----------- Pete Tillman visited his first Colorado ghost towns some 40 years ago, and has since been to hundreds more throughout the West, both for work and for fun. Vulture (AZ) is his current favorite "true" ghost. But, hmm, Bodie (CA) is bigger and better-kept.... And Jerome (AZ) has the best views... And I've *still* never been to Crystal (CO). So much to see, so little time....
Rating: 4
Summary: A Nice Book
Comment: I've always been fascinated by Colorado and its ghosts towns. This book contains detailed guides to many of the more interesting ghosts towns around Colorado. It also tells a little bit about the history of the towns, which is certainly a bonus. My one complaint is that it was not quite as thorough as it could have been. There were some areas of Colorado with fascinating histories that were left out. But, all in all, this is a good book for anyone interested Colorado and its amazing history. If you like this book, I would also recommend a new gem of a book I found entitled Colorado: Yesterday & Today.
Rating: 5
Summary: The photos in this book grabbed my attention!
Comment: This is an excellant resource for finding the Ghost Towns in Colorado. It gave detailed directions to locate them. The colored photographs were very interesting to look at and sparked our interest to track certain towns down. It was nice to have some history available from the book to know what went on in town and when its "hay day" was in our history. It is a very attractive book and could also be used as a coffee table book.
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Title: Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails by Charles A. Wells ISBN: 0966497600 Publisher: Funtreks Inc Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails vol. 2 by Charles A. Wells ISBN: 0966497619 Publisher: Funtreks Inc Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns by Robert L. Brown ISBN: 0870040219 Publisher: Caxton Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1963 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps by Perry Eberhart, Philip Eberhart ISBN: 0804001405 Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 1981 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Backroads of Colorado/Your Guide to Colorado's 50 Most Scenic Backroad Tours. by Boyd Norton, Barbara Norton ISBN: 0896583163 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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