Big Bad Bodie : High Sierra Ghost Town

Bodie, California is the most well preserved ghost town in the West.

It is also a State Historic Park located at an altitude of 8,369 feet (a mile-and-a-half up), five miles from the California-Nevada border.

The town reached a population of 10,000 in its heyday, from 1877 to 1882.

Bodie consists of 175 buildings kept in a 'state of arrested decay' by the State, meaning they will never be restored, but are prevented from further deterioration through a system of constant repair.

This is the first book about Bodie to come along in more than two decades and includes 60 photographs, many from the lens of Watson's camera, plus numerous illustrations.

Brodie and Watson have written a rich and fascinating history of a notorious California ghost town, sure to be of interest to any reader.