Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

About the book

In 2018 Brent Underwood bought Cerro Gordo, an abandoned silver-mining town in the mountains above Death Valley, sight mostly unseen. Then the pandemic hit and he moved in alone. The book covers the year-round work of keeping a 150-year-old town standing, the fire that took its hotel, the mine shafts he went down, and what living without the usual noise did to his idea of a good life.