Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town
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Book Overview
Long ago, in a proud desert town named Rhyolite, businesses thrived and children played and people had dreams that were big and grand. But Rhyolite survived only a few years before those dreams were... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0618096736
ISBN13:9780618096732
Release Date:January 2003
Publisher:Clarion Books
Length:32 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 9.6" x 11.3"
Age Range:4 to 7 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 2
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A jewel of a book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
After I stood and read this book in the Visitor Center at Furnace Creek (Death Valley), I knew I had to go out to Rhyolite and see the ghost town. The exceptional woodcuts by David Frampton evoke the beginning of the 20th century in a Nevada boom town; the coyotes, emblematic of the natural world that cannot be kept at bay by this unnatural town, weave in and out of the story like the haunting refrain of a ballad. Unlike another reviewer, I found the couplets charming, witty, and not tedious at all. The internal rhymes, alliteration and striking similies (rooms/...like open, sunlit tombs) made the story exceedingly memorable.
An Interesting Addition
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is an interesting, well written, rhyming story about the formation and demise of a town in Neveda in 1904 in response to a gold rush. The woodcut illustrations are beautiful. It is a useful book to teach a child about the concept of a ghost town, something my six year old son, who has been raised on the East Coast and Midwest, had no idea existed.
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