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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Publisher Comments On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the acclaimed and captivating true story of two restless society girls who left their affluent lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916. In 1916, Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, Dorothy Woodruff, and her best... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird Publisher Comments In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Superior and South Superior (Images of America) by Frank Prevedel Publisher Comments Superior and South Superior, established early in the 20th century, were unique individually but fully dependent upon each other. Superior, the company town, was nearly entirely owned by the Union Pacific Coal Company, which created the bulk of jobs in... (read more) Your price: $21.99 New - Trade Paper
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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke Publisher Comments The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, when fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company??'s ???Granite Mountain??? shaft.& nbsp; During an effort to improve safety in the mine, a... (read more) List Price $17.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Big Divide by David Lavender Publisher Comments This reissue of Lavender's classic text tells the exciting story of America's bold westward expansion, man's quest for gold in the Rockies, and of the tragic banishment of the Native Americans and the ruinous and unchecked exploitation of some of America'... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn Walsh Mclean Publisher Comments Thomas Walsh discovered fabulous golden wealth in the historic Camp Bird Mine near Ouray, Colorado. His daughter, Evalyn Walsh McLean, tells an engaging true story of the family that wanted for nothing. They led a life of extravagance. It enabled them to... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Leaning on the Wind: Under the Spell of the Great Chinook by Sid Marty Synopsis Created by the crashing together of tectonic plates, worn down by the passage of ice and time and shaped by hot, dry chinook winds, the foothills of the Rocky Mountains are a special place. In composing his ode to the land he loves, bestselling author... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Butch Cassidy Was Here: Historic Inscriptions of the Colorado Plateau by James Knipmeyer Publisher Comments "The content of these historic inscriptions, of course, varies. Most are a name and a date, though many are simply a name or initials, while some contain only a date. Occasionally additional information is given: where they were from, where they... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Haunted Colorado: Ghosts & Strange Phenomena of the Centennial State (Haunted) by Charles A Jr Stansfield Publisher Comments Includes . . . Spirits of cowboys, miners, railroaders, explorers, and Native Americans The wave of Bigfoot appearances in Colorado Springs Specters of the Pueblo cliff dwellers at Mesa Verde National Park The haunted Stanley Hotel, which inspired... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Glacier Panorama by Will Landon Publisher Comments Forty stunning panoramic photographs portray the heights and depths of Glacier National Park as never before in print photography. Close-ups create intimate views that only the hardiest hikers enjoy in person.... (read more) Your price: $40.00 Used - Hardcover
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I Never Knew That about Colorado: A Quaint Volume of Forgotten Lore by Abbott Fay Publisher Comments Winner of numerous awards and sales contests. People love this book! Did you know ... -- Adolph Hitler owned a ranch in Colorado -- Colorado was bombed by the Japanese during WWII -- It once snowed ducks on 1-70 -- The Brown Palace in Denver has a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women of Consequence: The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame by Jeanne Varnell Publisher Comments The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame was founded in 1985, by a group of women who were concerned that both historic and contemporary women who shared foresight, vision, enthusiasm, and the power of accomplishment were not receiving appropriate... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Denver, Colorado: A Look at the Government and Law, the Economy, the Schools, and the Sport Teams by Emeline Fort Publisher Comments The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.... (read more) Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nothing Daunted (11 Edition) by Dorothy Wickenden Publisher Comments Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood attended grade school and Smith College together, spent nine months on a grand tour of Europe in 1910, and then, bored with society luncheons and chaperoned balls and not yet ready for marriage, they went off to... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind by Gary Ferguson Publisher Comments For most of our nation's history, Americans have identified with the "purple mountain majesties" of the Rockies. Trappers and debutantes, miners and missionaries, artists and drinkers, escaped slaves, independent women abandoning hoopskirts, and assorted... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Rockies by David Lavender Publisher Comments From the time of Coronados discovery to the era of modern ski resorts and sport climbing routes, adventurers have been lured irresistibly to the Rocky Mountains. In this book distinguished writer David Lavender traces the colorful history of the Rockies,... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magnificent Mountain Women: Adventures in the Colorado Rockies (Women of the West) by Janet Robertson Publisher Comments Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Denver, Colorado: A Look at the History, the Geography, Climate, Street System, and Demography by Emeline Fort Publisher Comments The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.... (read more) Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Glory Hunter: A Biography of Patric Edward Connor by Brigham Madsen Publisher Comments The life of Patrick Edward Connor serves as a half-century slice of western American history. After leaving New York City, where he had arrived at the age of twelve as a poor Irish immigrant, the nineteen-year-old youth joined the U.S. Army in 1839. He... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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