Ghost Towns: How They Were Born, how They Lived, and how They Died
- ISBN-10
- 1561382698
- ISBN-13
- 9781561382699
- Series
- Ghost Towns
- Category
- Ghost towns
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Running Press Book Publishers
- Author
- Tom Robotham
Description
Shows and describes ghost towns in California, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Kansas, Wyoming, and South Dakota, and tells the stories of the miners, outlaws, and lawmen who lived there
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