Colorado Books

We had never been 4 wheeling in Colorado and found this resource to be very helpful. We had a great time.

Informative book,great roads description, could use more pics but very good addition to my existing 4wd library as it contains few trails not listed anywhere else. Perfect for beginner offroaders, also great companion to Well's books!

This book is organized very well and is extremely useful and accurate. The one thing I wish it did have was an overal list of trails by difficulty/scenic value. If you also buy the Wells book, you will be adventuring for quite a while.

I recently used this book for a back country trip in Colorado, after years of using Massey & Wilson's similar book for Arizona. I highly recommend them. The GPS coordinates, odometer readings from two directions on each trail, and difficulty ratings make these invaluable tools for navigating back roads. The local histories and lore make for fun reading even when you're at home.

I bought this guidebook a few years ago and it is definitely one of the best. It fits easily in our seatback. He covers many trails. What has been helpful about his book, is that the mileage is given in both directions, so you can easily figure out where you are given your starting point. All the cross roads you come across are described as well, so you don't wonder, should I have gone that way. His mileage was right on with our odometer. I have a few other guide books, but his is definitely the best because of the detailed description of your road trip. Highly recommend. With his book and a Trails Illustrated map, no reason for you to get lost.

It not only tells you all the places you can take your pup, but it also tells you where you can NOT. Keeps you from having to wonder about places. List which 14ers dogs can handle, also info on having them on or off leash, does the hike have water or not. This book isn't just about taking your dog with you, its about having your dog be very happy and comfortable. Everything you need to know is here!

This is a really great book detailing all the various canine activities you and your dog can do while in Colorado. I really like it! thanks!

Sense of humor comes through and it is informative. Details of trails are mentioned in here that may not be mentioned anywhere else and are good to know so you are not surprised my them once you are out on the trail. I have not been able to hike any of the trails in the book yet but have a good idea where I am gonna start after reading.

we are planning a trip to CO with our dog this summer, this book was helpful in picking out trails to hike on.
the location of the trails were hard to determine by this book alone but we managed to figure it out. all in all if you are going hiking with your dog in CO.- this book is helpful!

This book is a MUST when traveling with your dog in Colorado. It gives you a great list of places to stay with your dog, according to the area you are in. If you don't want to take your pet along on a day trip it gives you places to drop your dog off.
If you are into hiking, then you will really love the trails she describes and points out in this book... if you're rather the kind of person who only goes on strolls, then that section won't help you a lot, though.

The stories in here bring out a lot of emotion. It made me feel like I was right there with some of the women. I cried when they talked about losing loved ones along the trail and having to bury them wrapped up in a quilt. I bought this copy for a friend after reading at the library, now I will buy me a copy.If you like history, please buy this, it really connects you to the past in a way that a textbook filled with dates and facts cannot.

I read this book in about 24 hours - it is a wonderful book. It has a lot of history regarding the pioneer women and the quilting traditions they brought with them from their home states. The history alone would have made this book worth the read and worth owning, but the pictures alone would make this book a must have! There are dozens of color and black and white pictures - single quilts take up an entire page in full color through out the book.

A basic knowledge of quilting terms is needed in order to understand everything that is written. Unfortunately, a lot of the quilts that are written about specifically are not pictured, but the quilts that are pictured make up for that small disappointment.

This is a book that I enjoy reading and savoring at my leisure. It incorporates a broad spectrum of mid 19th century history of those who treked to the west via covered wagon with a story of not only quilts but of the sewing that people did, including the Native Americans. The pictures of not only the quilts but of the people are terrific. Four patterns of traditional quilts are included. As always Sandra Dallas has provided a wonderful well researched resourse book, particularly those who are interested in the fiber arts and history.

Excellent book, lots of pictures and interesting human interest stories

Lovely looking book for your coffee table or your sewing library. The cover gets you 'in' and there it keeps you. Good quality illustrations and photos. Makes me feel all red, white and blue and I am an Australian. I love American history and this book did not disappoint me. It was a great thrill to see photos of quilts with their actual makers. As a fellow patchwork and quilter I enjoyed it from cover to cover.

Train robberies send four female Pinkerton agents undercover to Colorado on a quest for criminal and social justice.

"Tangled Threads." Ruth goes on the offensive after train robbers victimize her the day she arrives. Spurred to prove herself, she barrels past obvious clues in search of the obscure, but finds reasons to fraternize with a mine owner charmingly reminiscent of Bret Maverick with an A-type personality. Her inner conflict is so strong, I'd have enjoyed stronger motivations for the internal and romantic resolutions; Ms. Cox's ending felt as if it took a leap.

"Rescuing Sydney." Sydney falls off a train and into jail alongside a family friend. John, a minister, embodies the faith she turned away from and a ripening love that refuses to be ignored. Her internal growth is realistically layered, and I enjoyed her intelligent pursuit of the robbers. The well-balanced description grounds the reader in the scenes without interrupting the flow. This is an excellent inspirational romance debut by experienced writer Lisa Harris.

"Skirted Clues." Equinophobia upsets Moment's single-eyed investigation of a hermit rancher. Rescued by her prime suspect, she decides there's more to Brady than a troubling connection to the crimes. It'll take unraveling her own past to find out. I'd have enjoyed watching more of his internal growth occur onstage, but Ms. Mills' heroine has some strongly sympathetic moments.

"Victorious." Victoria butts heads with fellow agent Gus in her quest to reopen the case and snare the real mastermind. He suspects her real goal is capturing the local banker as a husband. She just might-if she doesn't fall in love with Gus first. I disliked Gus in the earlier stories, but Ms. Y'Barbo maximizes his point-of-view scenes, thoroughly winning me over. She has a gift for sizzling sexual tension, igniting sparks even in the short novella length.

These stories aren't complex who-done-its, but lighthearted reads easily finished in single sittings. The book is worth getting for Lisa Harris' debut alone, but she's surrounded in this anthology by other solid authors who make the reading experience as a whole quite enjoyable.

To Catch a Thief is an enjoyable anthology of stories seamlessly woven together as one, despite the fact that different authors wrote them. Each of the four 1890s heroines pioneers new territory both out West and in jobs for women of their time. As I read about these gallant Pinkerton women, I was flooded with memories of early Western movies and television, in which the viewer felt safe, knowing that the good guys - and gals, would always win. In this anthology, the reader returns "to those thrilling days of yesteryear," when The Lone Ranger, Annie Oakley, Cheyenne, or Sugarfoot rode in to save the day. One of the best features of the anthology is that not all of the heroes are drop-dead gorgeous, but they are strong men of God, a far more enduring characteristic.

To Catch a Thief is a terrific read, not only taking us on an exciting adventure, but also showing true to history how many godly men and women settled the American West.

You will really enjoy this set of four novellas, which reads nicely as one long book, but it's short enough to catch a bit on your lunch break. These 4 savvy Pinkerton agents are sent to Windmere Falls, Colorado, to assist a male Pinkerton agent who's investigating a series of train robberies. He's totally unprepared for his new "helpers." Best of all, these 4 different ladies manage to round up this band of bad guys. You will laugh out loud at some of the fun banter between characters, and bite your nails at some of the "cliffhangers." All four of these writers did a nice job a tying up each story.

I have read analogies but nothing compared TO CATCH A THIEF. It is written in an easy to read format and the large print is easy on the eyes. Although this analogy contains four novellas written by Carol Cox, Lisa Harris, DiAnn Mills and Kathleen Y'Barbo this one is written more like a novel.
The prologue sets the story in 1890 of four young women who worked for the Chicago Pinkerton Detective Agency. The women received their first assignment that took them to Colorado. Each novella unfolds the story of mystery and intrigue as the Pinkerton detectives catches the criminals and brought them to justice.
My favorite character in TO CATCH A THEIF was Moment Alexander. She leaped off the pages written by DiAnn Mills in Skirted Clues. Miss Alexander was raised with nine brothers. She was gusty and did not let her fear of horses stop her from catching the criminals.
If you enjoy mystery, romance and strong-minded women, I highly recommend this analogy TO CATCH A Thief.

In this four story novella, TO CATCH A THIEF, authors Carol Cox, Lisa Harris, DiAnn Mills, and Kathleen Y'Barbo, create a delightful, interwoven tale of romance and mystery. These four female detectives are out to prove they have what it takes to be real-life detectives, but along the way begin to wonder if they'll forever be left to mend seams or mind stores. Then there is that little complication of romance, which springs up to complicate their missions. Will they find the culprits who've been robbing trains? Will they ever convince their male counterparts that they are just as good as any man at their jobs? Can love find its way into their hearts?

The third story, SKIRTED CLUES by DiAnn Mills, shows the escapades and misunderstandings between Moment Alexander and Brady Miller - a humorous, enjoyable tale. The interactions between these characters kept me turning pages. All of the tales were light-hearted, charming romances. You'll find TO CATCH A THIEF just what you're looking for. Don't miss it!

This is a well written and well illustrated guide for someone new to visiting Joshua Tree National Park. The dozen or so routes we did in this book were all challenging and enjoyable. There are thousands of routes in the Park, but this is a swell introduction for the traditional climber. At this price I don't see why any climber visiting the park wouldn't have a copy. The photographs and maps are the best I have seen in any book.

First of all, this book is written by some really nice people. This book is void of the elitism that usally comes with a guide book to an area like this. My wife and I have been to J-tree many times but this was our first year with this book. It truely enhanced our time there. The full color pictures are great, and they took all the pictures from such logical places that if you are following a road or trail and find yourself needing direction, you look up and see exactly what is in the picture for the climb you are looking for. My wife and I found ourself laughing on one climb when we were looking off in the distance for a rock formation and spotted the tree 6' in front of us that was also about 6' in front of the camera lense in the picture! And there are climbs that real people can do! I notice in other guide books the only highly rated climbs are 5.12 and up! Get this book, you won't be dissapointed. I only wish I could meet the authers and tell them of my appreciation.

Sometimes, as the saying goes, less is more. This book is a classic example of producing a user friendly rock climbing guide to one of the premier cragging areas, by limiting the scope to climbs that most people who go to Joshua Tree actually enjoy. As the title stipulates there are no 5.12 sphincter squeesers here, just interesting traditional climbs (no bolts for the sport freaks).

Each climb is photographed in color with a graphic overlay clearly showing the route. Most of these routes are short, single pitch climbs that encompass a wide variety of problems with the emphasis on classic crack climbs. Approach info and the maximum protection requirement is noted along with a very abreviated strategy for the climb. Information on lodging and camping along with dining options are covered pretty well, though the surrounding areas offer a lot more variety than the book indicates.

If you're a beginner/intermediate climber and aspire to climb in JT, this is the guide to get.

This book is the best non comprehensive climbing guide book I have ever seen. The highlights are:

- Full color photos of the routes
- Both approach photos as well as close up route photos, making it easy to find the rock and specific route
- Full park map with relative camping and route locations listed
- Very good beta on each and every route (includes sun/shade, rack suggestions, etc), usually about a page per route not including another page for photos.

So basically if you're interested in the 5.5 to 5.9 trad routes in Joshua Tree you'll love this book, simple as that.

Wow! Great book, color detailed photos of routes, sun/shade orientation for all routes & basically all the info that one needs to have a memorable trip in Joshua Tree. Also great to have a book that has a focus on climbs under 5.10. All in all this is the most informative climbing book I have ever purchased. Would have been happy paying twice the price I paid for it.

When Lexy Connor gets a call for help from Tally Richard, she's very willing to help. Adopted as a child, Tally had been delving into her birth-parents and received a mysterious telephone calling regarding them. But before Tally could find out much, the informant was murdered. Now Tally is fleeing the killer who is seeking to protect a family secret by ending her inquiry -- and her life! Chandler's Daughter is a Lexy Connor mystery and continues to document Truly Donovan as a skilled and consistently entertaining storyteller who plays fair with the reader in an action thriller that grips the attention from first page to last.

This book was a great light hearted mystery. If a book dosnt keep my intrest in the first couple of chapters then I dont read it, but Chandler's Daughter kept my intrest, and befor I knew it I was done with the book. I really recommead it!

Truly Donovan's debut mystery CHANDLER'S DAUGHTER is the beginning of a wonderful cozy mystery series.

As I read, I found myself taken with Ms. Donovan's single, plus-size, middle-aged, amateur sleuth Lexy Connor. She is witty, intelligent and delightful!

Lexy lives in Gunbarrel, Colorado, where she runs her own software consulting company. She loves to eat out with friends and owns a lovable, well-mannered Westie named Molly. Those of us who can't live without our mysteries, Internet or email, will find a comrade in Lexy as she is blessed with the same passions.

In her debut mystery, Lexy finds her quiet Colorado world shaken when her friend Tally calls for help. Tally offers to pay Lexy her usual software consultation fee, if she will solve the mystery of a dead stranger Tally was supposed to meet. This mystery has Lexy traveling the country (a trip you don't want to miss) in an attempt to find the murderer who is also hunting for her friend.

Good little mystery. Nothing earth shattering but a good first book. Few minor details wrong such as "Rotties thumped their tails". I know you're a Westie lover, Truly, but you should know Rotties don't have tails.

I read a library copy of "Donovan's Daughter" and so thoroughly enjoyed it, that I now have a copy on order. I want to own this series from the very beginning.

Lexy Connor is a great heroine. She is well past the first blush of youth, but is smart, vital and ready to do anything for a friend.

She searches for the true parentage of Tally, a young woman who is being threatened even though she knows nothing of her true background. Her parents have been dead for years. She comes to Lexy because Lexy knew her adoptive parents.

With few clues to go on, Lexy (along with her delightful dog) goes across country to solve a mystery that puts her and some of her friends in grave danger.

Don't miss this exciting and humorous first mystery with an unforgettable heroine.

Susan Neider's Guide to the Colorado Plateau gets it exactly right. Read this book - or even just look at it - and you are itching to get on the road! The stunning pictures tell you where you'd love to go and the logical and readable maps and the clever photo icons show you just how to do it. After you make your travel reservations, go back and really read the book. The pictures will reward much careful looking and the literate, informative text is filled with useful and unusual details on the history and geology of the region. This book informs without clutter or preachy wordiness. And when you are finished with your trip, you'll have an unbeatable souvenir - though it is likely to be worn out! No matter, you will likely, like me, log on and buy another! The price is right, too, it won't break the bank. This book is an excellent value. Great job, Ms. Neider, thanks!

The best book of its kind and it delivers a remarkable balance of informative text, readable maps, and wonderful photos. This is much more than your normal guide book - it is a portfolio of why I love this place. There is a great deal of information that I haven't found anywhere else - or at least not from the same reference. I now have a copy to carry with me, and a copy to keep displayed in the house.

I took Susan Neider's wonderful Color Country on our family's recent trip out west. We had never been there before, and traveling with Ms. Neider's book was like having our own personal tour guide. She tells you where all the "not to be missed" spots are in each park, and even the best time to see them. Then she provides great maps that make it foolproof to get there. We were never lost even once. We particularly appreciated the scenic route she recommends for approaching Monument Valley, and the detour to Goosenecks State Park, a wonderful spot our other guidebooks didn't even mention. And there was just the right amount of information about the geology of each area to keep us informed, and so well explained that we were still interested. She gives each site a Child Rating for its interest to children, and we found these to be spot-on. For example, she rates Mesa Verde a "5" (the highest child rating), and we all loved it. And now that we're home, Color Country has become our favorite souvenir. The photos are just plain amazing. This book is worth the price just for the portfolio of photographs alone.

[...] Color Country provides travelers to the Colorado Plateau of Utah with essential information to get the lay of the land, a concise explanation of the geology of each park, a list of highlights, and gorgeous, honest photographs of the places covered. Dirt and gravel roads are not the focus of this touring guide; those who want more detail about backcountry travel would be advised to read an expert such as Michael Kelsey. However, even remote places like Kolob and Needles are, in fact, mentioned in the copy I bought. For the traveler looking for a superb overview, this book cuts to the quick and captures the essence of each park with finely-conceived text and images. Rating this book with one star is like buying a Brooks Brothers suit and then complaining because it didn't hold up when you went rock climbing in it.

The photography is art and I am looking forward to our trip. I feel as if I've already been there.

I have read this book a couple of times and each time I have gained new insites into my relationship with God. I am presently sharing this book with a group of ladies and we are all benifitting from Dr Larry Crabbs wisdom.

I have been on a long search for answers to 'why do these bad things happen??'
In this book he writes; "If we believe God is powerfull, we are not convinced that he is kind because, if he CAN relieve our suffering, why doesn't he? The silence of God during tough times strengthens this foundational doubt that God is good."

I have read book after book during the past year none of which offered any peace. This book has opened my eyes to some truths and I feel the beginning of real peace.

This is one of the best books I have ever read! I have read almost every one of Larry Crabb's books and haven't been disappointed in any of them. This one is excellent. I highlighted so many of the pages and will read it again and again. I 'found' God in ways I had not done so before. I Highly recommend this book!

This is a nice book although a little difficult to read. I think that in order to get everything that the author wants to pass, we need to read it at least twice.

If it were possible for me to read this book every month, I would be so glad. This book is life-changing. It opened my eyes to things in my life that I have struggled with. I have new insights and power to receive God's help and power. I can't recommend this book enough.

I finished reading this book to my older children (12 and 14) today. We all loved it. The book operates on many levels. It's the Chronicles of the life of an adolescent boy around 1910. It's also the story of a family's struggles and will to not only survive, but to thrive and to stand up for their beliefs. This book has encouraged my children to contribute more in our family, and to set up their own families with good principles. I would give this book 10 stars if there were 10 to give, and I can't recommend it highly enough as a great family read!

Wow these books are great! And you know the later the books the thicker they are. I think its because he remembers more about like his teen years than in his childhood. Well over all I would highly recommend this book. Yet like in a prior review these books do have some language but it shrinks in the text more and more. Buy this book and you wont be disappointed!

Highly recommended series. I recommend as an alternative to the Little House series for boys. Well written.

A reviewer asked for help regarding the names and volumes in this series. Here it is...

1. Little Britches
2. Man of the Family
3. The Home Ranch
4. Mary Emma & Company
5. The Fields of Home
6. Shaking the Nickel
7. The Dry Divide
8. Horse of a Different Color

Mr. Moody shares adventures of his life in this series. It's wonderful, but there is some foul language. Therefore, I would recommend reading the books aloud with older children (not for the preschool/early elementary crowd).

When Ralph Moody's father dies in the early spring of 1910, he's eleven years old, the senior boy in a family of five, and determined to support his mother and siblings. It's a rocky road, for his mother, even though she declares she'll "depend on" him as "her man," is equally determined that he must stay in school--which means he's restricted to nickel-an-hour boy-jobs for most of the year. And so, despite the title, this book is less about Ralph's helming the family than about the family's pulling together to support itself. They start a "cookery route," selling Mrs. Moody's New England food to neighbors; the children pick fruit, and Ralph rides in match races, breeds rabbits, and hires schoolmates with horses to keep the cattle from the incoming trail herds out of the residential lanes, as well as discovering that it's possible to supply the family's entire need for coal simply by picking up what has fallen off the tenders of passing trains. Like his father before him, he proves to be a shrewd trader and a clever inventor who comes up with a device on which to dry and repair the lace curtains from Denver's Brown Palace Hotel when his mother gets the idea of offering her services as a contract launderer. And he and his brothers and sisters get a surprise when, six months after their father's death, their mother has a sixth baby.

Besides Mary Emma Moody, who stands solidly in the midst of her young family and exemplifies the best type of "widder woman," the two most unforgettable characters in the book are Sheriff McGrath, a widower who tries awkwardly to court Ralph's mother, and Jerry McEnerney, the Irish section boss who, for all his early bluster, soon becomes the boy's friend and quietly arranges for him to obtain over 100 used railroad ties to haul away and sell. And though there are setbacks and mishaps, such as the vividly described spillage of an entire wagonload of cookery, the Moodys soldier on, until it begins to look as if they will be able to stay indefinitely in Ralph's beloved Colorado. But then Mary Emma incautiously shares a secret with a neighbor, and is subpoenaed to testify before the Grand Jury. Fearing that she will end by sending an innocent man to the gallows, she decides there is only one thing to do: take her children and secretly flee out of state to live with her brother in New England. And so one phase of Ralph's life ends and another begins, to be told in subsequent books. But the West will call him back, and he will never be fully free of its spell.

This is a funny, warmhearted, inspiring tale of a family determined to make its way without seeking charity, of its friends and neighbors, and of the beautiful land it loves. It would make a splendid family readaloud, or a good book to curl up with alone if you love stories of the West and of people who don't give up.

This book is about two guys who decide to take a "cheap" vacation and swim the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It's a good read and a lot of fun.

An enthralling, sometimes humorous read of the Canyon's rapids before Powell Dam was built.

This is the first person account of the only swimming trip that went the length of the Grand Canyon. In 1955 two young men , Bill Beers and John Daggett, enbarked on this one of a kind adventure. These guys to do not come across as thrill seekers but a couple of young men seeking high adventure. It is a fast, exciting read. It brings the Canyon and all it's glory to life.

This was a fun quick read that anybody who has been down the Grand Canyon or has an interest in must read for themselves. I hope to see additional photos and the TV production of this trip.

This account of a unique 1950's trip down the Grand Canyon is highly entertaining, especially because the whole thing seems like such a bad idea. Beers and his friend's equipment & preparation were laughable, and they had no escape plan or backup. But they plunge into the Colorado River (pre-Glen Canyon Dam, even), validate every stereotype about 50's American optimism/naivety, and somehow don't die. Beers' writing is not fancy, but the unaffected prose is well-matched to detailing the no-frills style of his incredible boatless river run.
I enjoyed this book a lot, and admired the author's courage at least as often as I laughed out loud at his actions.