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1) Domino
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Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
When Laurie Morgan returns to the town she had fled decades earlier, she must face the secrets of her past and the dangerous reality of the present.
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English
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"Trespassers will be gutted and hung!--Slagton's Unofficial Town Motto Normally, not even drunk on a bet would Violet Parker go to Slagton, a creepy ghost town inhabited by those too stubborn--or deranged--to leave. But a certain bullheaded Deadwood detective has a problem--his informant from Slagton has gone missing. When Violet is shanghaied into taking a hunting trip to the ghost town to search for the missing snitch, she stumbles into trouble...
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Whistle Stop AL volume Bk. 2
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English
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"Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Cafe, known far and wide for its famous 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' And as Bud often said of his childhood, 'How lucky can you get?' But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with nothing...
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Caleb York novels volume 4
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English
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"On a lively night at the Victory saloon in Trinidad, New Mexico, Sheriff Caleb York interrupts his poker game to settle a minor dust-up that raises the stakes into major trouble. The wounded miscreant he ushers to the hoosegow spills the secret behind the mysterious disappearance of a certain stage coach. Bound for Denver, the stage carried three important passengers-beautiful ranch owner Willa Cullen, lovely temptress Rita Filley, and wealthy banker...
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Hear the stories of South Dakota towns that were once-thriving centers of commerce but have since diminished or disappeared from the map. SDPB's Stephanie Rissler guides us through the history of these vanishing towns -- conducting interviews with historians, town elders, and those whose stories have intersected with these now-lost centers of community life in South Dakota." -- container.
9) Wild West
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Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 38
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie learn more about the Wild West, including what a ghost town is, who Billy the Kid is, and why it is called the Old West.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Historical and modern romance stories intertwined to tell the story of Kenworthy, California -- once a Gold Rush town and now a ghost town.
1902. Arriving at Kenworthy, California, mail-order-bride Juniper Cohen was met by the pounding of the gold mine, the rowdiness of its prospectors, and her greatest surprise of all: the love of the kind man who awaited her. When the mine proves empty of profit Juniper's husband vanishes, and the pioneers flee...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Staying in character can be murder when Cat Latimer and the members of her writers' retreat head for a ghost town ... Cat and the members of her writers' retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an "Old West" tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a 19th-century saloon girl becomes history herself. Was...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The United States has been shaped by mobility like no other nation on Earth. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs trace these lonely places, which elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images of gas stations,...
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Series
Boxcar children volume 71
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.
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