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Title: Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History by Philip Varney ISBN: 0-916179-44-3 Publisher: Arizona Highways Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy reading
Comment: I found this book to have some very interesting photographs and accurate information about the Arizona area. Good resource book for accurate historical information.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the two best ghost-town books I've seen.
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[Paired review with Ghost Towns of Colorado, 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-own guidebooks I've seen. He'salso written ghost-town
guides for New Mexico (1987?) and Southern California (1990). The NM book is decent, but out-of-date. I haven't seen the other.
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: 5
Summary: "Splenderiferous" collection of ghost town data.
Comment: This book contains a wealth of factual background data on each ghost town, as well as numerous "back then" and "see it now" photographs. The book maintains the high standards expected from the publishers of "Arizona Highways Magazine"
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Title: Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona by Thelma Heatwole, Bruce Fischer ISBN: 0914846108 Publisher: Golden West Pub Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns: A Practical Guide by Philip Varney, G. E. Wolfe ISBN: 0826310109 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: December, 1987 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Ghost Towns of Arizona by James E. Sherman, Barbara H. Sherman, Don Percious ISBN: 0806108436 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 1980 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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: 0896584186 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tucson to Tombstone: A Guide to Southeastern Arizona by Tom Dollar ISBN: 0916179613 Publisher: Arizona Highways Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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