Breaking History: Lost America: Vanished Civilizations, Abandoned Towns, and Roadside Attractions By Don Rauf

Breaking History books offer a front row seat to history as it broke like breaking news and give the blow by blow of historical discovery what we learned when we learned it who made the discovery and how Lost America is an illustrated look at fascinating places in the United States that have existed only in myth and have never been found those that were abandoned and why and those that were lost to social upheaval or natural disaster The book reviews the history behind these places how they began how long they endured why they were lost and how many have been rediscovered Included are accounts of the mysterious disappearance of the Anasazi from the Southwest the abandonment of the Roanoke Colony in 1590 the environmental disaster that caused the population of Centralia Pennsylvania to evacuate the town in the 1980s and the nearly intact ghost town of Bodie California The book also includes places that were thought to exist but did not or not yet legendary Norse settlements lost cities of gold and The Fountain of Youth Breaking History Lost America Vanished Civilizations Abandoned Towns and Roadside AttractionsNice view at some of the towns and civilizations that no longer exist and why Hardcover Enjoyed reading this book of histories of vanished civilizations such as Cahokia Mounds abandoned cities such as Love Canal and Roadside attractions such as Route 66 Hardcover A fun and informative look at places in America that have literally or figuratively been wiped off the map But sadly an all too brief book I was left wanting information Hardcover I had to get used to this book design I think it mimics a tabloid Sometimes I thought a topic was finished however it wasn t Hardcover Interesting quick snapshot well illustrated stories that you may or may not have heard before Hardcover.