Discover just how Jerome, Arizona, became known as “America’s Largest Ghost Town”—and what spirits walk its historic streets. Jerome was once home to the largest copper mine in Northern Arizona, built on the steep terrain of Cleopatra Hill. The small town, population fifteen thousand at its peak, was shockingly nefarious. Diversions for the hardworking miners came by way of saloons, gambling and ladies of the evening. Shootouts and murders, violent accidents in the mines and smelters and fires and diseases scourged its denizens. Life was tough on the mountain—death came too soon for many. When the copper mine closed in 1953, Jerome was rendered a ghost town, and its spirits still lurk among the living. The stories in this book will convince you they are here for a reason. Includes photos!
Eight-year-old Fern entertains herself with dreams of growing up to be president while her brother, Graham, made frail by a bout of pneumonia, retreats into books. They live an uneventful life in 1940s rural Kentucky until their mother and father become temporarily absent. The children then move in with relatives including uncle Basil, a bully and predator. Fern, though unfamiliar with worldly matters, is suspicious and afraid of him. Fern and Graham soon meet their teen-aged cousin, Iris, who has been abandoned by her nuclear family and is bitterly unfriendly. Fern is horrified at how the old aunts treat Iris, continually gossiping about her "loose" behavior. Despite several hostile encounters, Fern feels protective toward Iris and eventually they become devoted friends. The children return home and Fern is separated from Iris. Lonely and naive, Fern does her best to navigate new friendships and keep family secrets. Distressing news about Iris provokes Fern's imagination and behavior, propelling her toward a turning point from innocent observer to passionate champion. FERN is a compelling, intimate look inside the life of a young girl who courageously rises to the unexpected challenges of her small-town life. This poignant, disturbing, and often humorous tale carries the reader into a world of intrigue, sexual predation, loss, reconciliation, and hope. The coming-of-age themes in FERN are universal and timely.
Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women is a celebration of the contributions of Native American women to America's cultural heritage. Focusing on both traditional and modern art and offering an historical and stylistic overview, Broder's book includes the work of Native American women belonging to more than forty tribes across the United States and Canada. Earth Songs, Moon Dreams features historically important works by pioneer artists of the early twentieth century, classic examples of the Indian-School tradition, examples of the first successful attempts to interpret the techniques of modernism as compatible with the symbols and stylistic conventions of traditional Indian art, and examples of the work of the most innovative and accomplished Native American women painting today. Includes over 100 gorgeous, full color reproductions. Broder has prepared an introduction on each artist and then presents one or two samples of her work.
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