Colorado Books

Larry Walker has a great batting average over his career. I was surprised to learn that he was a hockey player too. The book has a lot of fun facts. I really enjoyed reading about this Canadian Rocky.

Clinton Miller age: 8

For anyone interested in the history of Leadville and Colorado's mining days, this book is a must read. Edward Blair has extensively researched Leadville's rambunctious past, detailing the history of the region and the fascinating people who lived there. Blair paints a vivid, moving portrait of the Colorado boomtown and includes a treasure trove of photographs. The volume has the appearance and layout of a college textbook. It has been an invaluable source of information to me in my own research.

The author is an expert on the history of Leadville, Colorado and of this ice palace. It's amazing that they could build out of ice a building you could have ballrooms inside of and restaurants and all. The original photos from the 1800s add to the book as do the lists by name of people who signed the visitors log - I'm into genealogy and looked for ancestors' names who may have been there in 1896. Names are in an index, so easy to find. The Elks (B.P.O.E.) visited as a group - I hadn't know they'd been around so long. There was a German day and an Irish day and Bikers riding in. There was ice skating and tobogganing. So, the book begins with the interesting history from planning to completion, but also the fun events and photos of those events are described after that.

Anyone interersted in Colorado history, railroads, genealogy, ice sculpture, 1800s photographs, or partying on a "grand scale" would love to read this book. I gave this book to my sisters for Christmas and to a friend for birthday gift.

Stephen covers the birth of a gold and silver boom town from the first prospects with a gold pan in a freezing mountain stream to the discovery of silver in "worthless black sands" to the greatest modern mines in the world. He documents the joys and sorrows of the miners and their families, the riches made and lives lost. He covers the details of mining - from individual gold panning and sluicing to two-man candlestick lit tunnels to modern corporate production mines. He describes hand-drilling of rock with doublejack and steel and continues to today's compressed air drills. He documents the use of black powder, dynamite and modern explosives - and the risks and deaths caused by their misuse. He tells of burros, mules and electric haulage trains. He does this all from the viewpoint of someone who has been there and done that. He has prospected in freezing Alaskan streams and done hardrock mining beneath deserts and alpine meadows. Stephen knows mining inside and out - literally. This book is more than a history of one Colorado boom town, it is a history of Western hardrock mining and the men and women who loved, lived and died mining.

Three government officials have been murdered and a Ute may have been killed on a remote part of Colorado. Jurisdiction seems to overlap between Federal, state, local, and tribal officials with everyone tripping over everyone else except the killer, who seems to have gotten away with murder. Denver homicide detective Gabe Wager has no jurisdiction so he is assigned to solve the case and end the bickering. ....... Gabe quickly realizes that he not only has to uncover a killer's identity, he has deal with all the various police authorities who have one thing in common: the desire to boss their compatriots. This leads to a lot of chiefs and one worker, Gabe. He soon realizes that there are plenty of motives and subsequently suspects. However, if Gabe does not identify the murderer soon, he will either go insane from the constant bureaucratic bickering or be killed by a murderer, who wants him out of the way. ...... Rex Burns is a great mystery writer, who always provides an intriguing and exciting novel. His latest book, THE LEANING LAND, is a fun read that refreshes Gabe Wager by placing him outside his element. The various law enforcement agencies add a Catch 22 comedic remedy to solving the mystery. Anyone who bets on reading this novel, will win their wager. ......Harriet Klausner

From damage by fire or water to handling the emotional impact of library systems which come to a crashing halt, this provides the working librarian with a structure for planning for possible library disasters. Chapters cover the basics of handling damaged collections and systems, and provide excellent depth and detail on the recovery options and solutions to common problems.

Great book on a great American. Our lives are so easy now days. Read this and you can appreciate this!

I great slice of life from the 1880s in a small Colorado town. The kind of book one reads in one sitting.

An enthralling story wonderfully written and finely illustrated, Little Fox's Secret offers a plausible explanation for a true historical event long shrouded in mystery. The reader is swept along by the unfolding drama as well as the vivid descriptions. This is no ordinary children's book. The quality of the story, the fine writing, and the beauty of the book itself will make Little Fox's Secret a childhood possession to treasure a lifetime.

Living What You Believe: Wisdom From The Book Of James is the collaborative effort of Kenneth Boa and William Kruidenier and designed to take the reader on a guided tour of the Book of James to learn how to embrace a hands-on, concrete faith that will enable him or her to truly live out what they profess to believe as Christians. The issues and elements surveyed within the context of the Book of James include temptation, relationships, speech, finances, good works, prayer, and planning -- all for the purpose of encourage and instructed Christians to live wisely and well within the framework of the Gospel. Living What You Believe is a highly recommended addition to personal and small group New Testament and Christian Life studies.