The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town Volume 22

The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber 18861933 provides readers with a detailed history of the rise and fall of one of the most notable coal-mining and brick-producing communities in Texas. . . . Any historian interested in Texas history, urban studies, and business history would find this book a valuable resource.Southwestern Historical Quarterly Gentrys work is full of anecdotes that give life to the community, and her story illuminates an important chapter in Texas history . . . Gentrys work should rekindle interest in Texas coal mining.Journal of Southern History