These Canyons Are Full of Ghosts: The Last of the Death Valley Prospectors
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00O4GV1A4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 511 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Edward Leo Lyman, PhD, western historian . Read it and you will begin to feel what Emmett Harder felt so many times when he was prospecting and mining in the Panamint Mountains. In fact they felt the vibrations in physical objects. Native Americans could feel the presence of spirits. Now through this book you can feel a part of Death Valley, its mysteries, its history, and some of its ghosts. You will find it quite different in style and story than you have ever read before--and it's true! "High-Grade" Harder makes it come alive! --Bill Mann, prospector, miner, desert historianThese Canyons are Full of Ghosts will take you back to the miles of mountains and valley and canyons of Death Valley. Walker, dese
A wonderful history of a small part of the Death Valley area I purchased this book in early 2012 after my second visit to Death Valley and upon the recommendation of someone we met at the Warm Springs in Saline Valley. It's a wonderful account of the adventures of the author and his friends in some of the areas surrounding Death Valley that we also explored and it was fun to recount what we say vs what the author's account was.If you love Death Valley and stories and adventures, then this is a really fun book to read.. michaelkary said A Very Interesting read of Death Valley and the characters therein.. Very interesting tale of the ghosts and characters of Death Valley. The author operated a mine and spent many years in Death Valley. Lots of inside information concerning the early days of Death Valley, including meeting up with Charles Manson and his band of followers.. John A. Hofstetter said A legend tells his story. Emmett not only is a man among men, rugged, tough men at that, but also is a great storyteller. What's perhaps the most surprising about Emmett is that he tells amazingly enthralling true stories.My only complaint about this book is that the last couple of chapters don't seem to belong there, and I would guess that the publisher pushed for them to be there to make the book longer. Up to that point, this book is great!
Nowadays tourists from all over the world travel to Death Valley. It is about their last days an era, an era lost forever. However, most of them never see the romantic and mysterious badlands at the south end of the valley. And some end up losing their life in the process.. And share their excitement and share their dreams - and you will be sure to strike it rich.Take a journey into the peculiar world of Death Valley. People try to make their fortunes here but often end up more destitute than when they started. However in these pages you can step back to when they were there. This area is off beaten path, remote and dangerous! This book is about the gold hunters that loved to search the southern wastelands, the high hills and deep canyons, come hell or high water. This is was and still is the Old West. The whole valley is off limits now for prospecting.No longer can you hear the
Often he leads organized safaris into historic and mysterious places. Emmett Harder could be called the real "Indiana Jones", no movie double, he has had many unconventional opportunities. I have always been a child of the desert, starting at 14-years-old and dragging my 11-year-old brother with me. He grew up as a latch-