New York Ghost Towns features 40 cities, settlements, forts, and other areas that have been completely deserted or brought back to new life as touris attractions. Among the areas featured are Love Canal, the Oneida Coummunity, Fort William Henry of Last of the Mohicans fame and Bedloe's Island, which now houses the Statue of Liberty. The book tells the sotries of the rise and fall of the towns, what remains today, and what you will see when you get there.