"? provides readers with a detailed history of the rise and fall of one of the most notable coal-mining and brick-producing communities in Texas.... Any historian interested in Texas history, urban studies, and business history would find this book a valuable resource." - Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber 1886-1933 provides readers with a detailed history of the rise and fall of one of the most notable coal-mining and brick-producing communities in Texas. . . . Any historian interested in Texas history, urban studies, and business history would find this book a valuable resource."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"Gentry's work is full of anecdotes that give life to the community, and her story illuminates an important chapter in Texas history . . . Gentry's work should rekindle interest in Texas coal mining."--Journal of Southern History
