Publisher's Synopsis
WINNER of the 2022 Colorado Authors League Historical Nonfiction Award
A phantastical history of Colorado as seen through the legacies of 14 influential Coloradans:
- These quirky biographies will have you thwacking your head, asking, "How have I never heard about this before?"
- You'll meet:
- Two Aspen ladies who created an international sensation when they eloped to marry each other - in 1889,
- A developer who wanted to populate Red Rocks Park with life-size dinosaur carvings,
- A hippie pastor and 19 disabled people who shut down Colfax and Broadway in 1978,
- The circus star who made Colorado a ski state,
- And more!
- This magical mix of truth and time travel will inspire you to go out and explore the places where it all happened. And show you how and where.
