Breaking history : lost America : vanished civilizations, abandoned towns, and roadside attractions /: lost America : vanished civilizations, abandoned towns, and roadside attractions. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Lost America
• Further Information: Note: Don Rauf.
• Authors: Rauf, Don
• Contents: Cahokia: North America's first great city -- Quivira and the seven golden cities of Cibola -- The fountain of youth -- Norumbega: the Viking city of New England -- The vast Anasazi civilization of the Southwest -- Roanoke: America's first colony -- Bodie: one of America's most famous ghost towns -- North Brother Island: New York center for quarantining the sick -- Ruddock, Napton, and Frenier, Louisiana: wiped out by hurricane -- Gone for good: other us towns destroyed by hurricanes -- Isle Derniere, Louisiana -- Indianola, Texas -- Hog Island, New York -- Vanport: flood washes away Oregon's second-largest city -- Other drowned us towns -- Old Cahawba, Alabama -- The Catskills underwater -- Love Canal: America's first toxic ghost town -- Centralia: the town that never stopped burning -- Gilman: a deadly water supply drives a town to extinction -- Route 66: America's road to nowhere -- Other lost highways -- The Oregon Trail -- The Lincoln Highway -- Other lost icons -- Disappearing drive-ins -- Adieu to drive-in diners, too -- Abandoned amusement parks.
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 917.304; History: General; Extinct cities -- United States; Abandoned buildings -- United States; Cities and towns -- United States -- History; Roads -- United States -- History; HISTORY / United States / General; United States -- Description and travel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1493033972; 9781493033973
• Related ISBNs: 9781493033966
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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