Description
Little London Press [Published date: 1978]. With an Introduction by Carl Akers. Booklet, paper covers, 56 pp.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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In good condition. Black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: Denver, 1858 - 1870 : The Whisper of Gold, Time of Trial, Fire, Flood and Wars; Denver, 1870 - 1893: Pride and Prosperity: Denver's Bountiful Railroad, Monuments for Millionaires, Forgotten Denver: Poverty and Prejudice in a City of Prosperity; Denver, 1893 - 1942 : Shattered Visions: Denver Endures the Silver Crash, After the Crash: Denver Enters the Twentieth Century, The Fruits of War; Denver, 1942 - Present : Poverty and Progress, Boom Town Revisited. [From Introduction] ... There never has been a place quite like Denver. . . founded as it was on a jumped claim and stubbornly refusing to let go when the going got rough. And, it did, in fact, get rough . . . many times in the past 120 - years. Gayle Turk has done an outstanding job of bringing so many of these stories together in a carefully researched, easily readable and entertaining narrative . . . stories of the people who were here and some of the things they did, both honest and maybe a little dishonest, but all adding his or her title in the huge mosaic that is the city.If you think you can stop after reading the first chapter, then try eating one peanut. It's next to impossible.