Book Detail

Ghost Towns

Publication Information
Author:  Bial, Raymond Illustrator:  Bial, Raymond
Title:  Ghost Towns Date:  2001
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-06557-1 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, photographic essay

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
Color photographs and colorful text describe many ghost towns in the American West. The author includes a list of books for further reading.

Teaching Ideas:
The book could be used in a text set on the West with Buffalo Gals, Where the Buffalo Roam, and others. The stunning photographs could be used as writing prompts. Learners can use the book as a model to do research and writing on the history of their own community.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Art and Photography > photography
bullet History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country > early American life
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion > homesteading
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Western United States
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion > gold rush
bullet Work > occupations > cowboy


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