by Daniel C. Fitzgerald (Author)
This is the third volume in the original Ghost Towns of Kansas series. Originally published in 1982, this 28th anniversary reissue documents the histories of a hundred exciting Kansas ghost towns that grew, prospered, and died across the state. These hundred ghost town histories are organized by topic, such as boom towns, mining towns, free state/ pro-slavery towns, county seat towns, and railroad towns. This series won numerous awards and accolades, including several news emmys. This third volume has been lovingly edited and restored with a new foreword by the author.
Author Biography
Daniel C. Fitzgerald is a Kansas historian and columnist best known as the author of a six volume set on Kansas ghost towns. The first volume was released in 1976, and the last volume was just released in 2009. He is also the author of a very successful history of Kansas tornadoes, entitled Sound and Fury. His ghost towns series has won numerous awards and one of his towns, Neosho Falls, was the subject of a rock album by the band Kansas. Fitzgerald, a Kansas native, currently resides in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Number of Pages: 642
Dimensions: 1.29 x 10 x 7.01 IN
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
