Colorado Profiles: Men and Women Who Shaped the Centennial State [Paperback]

John H. Monnett (Author), Michael McCarthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 1996

This popular volume, available again in paperback, presents the exciting history of Colorado though the lives of thirty-two of its most noteworthy citizens, both famous and obscure, who helped to shape Colorado as we know it today. Among those featured are: Black Kettle (Cheyenne chief); David Day (outspoken newspaper editor of the San Juans); Anne Bassett (feisty cattle rancher); Lewis Price (real estate entrepreneur); Casimiro Barela (legendary lawmaker from Trinidad); Josephine Roche (social activist and labour organiser); Jefferson Randolph 'Soapy' Smith (infamous con-man) and Enos Mills (conservationist and park advocate).

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John H Monnett and Michael McCarthy

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado (June 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870814397
• ISBN-13: 978-0870814396
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dr. John Monnett is an award winning author and a professor of history at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He has written or contributed to thirteen books and hundreds of articles and book reviews on thie history of the American West. He is recipient of a 2010 Wrangler Award from the National Western Heritage Center. His provocative book, "Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed" was runner up for the Colorado Humanities Center for the Book best non-fiction prize for 2009. In addition he has won the Coke award from from Westerners International and given the Fred Rosenstock Lifetime Achievement Award from Denver Westerners. He is a sought after speaker at historical societies and conferences and a member of the Western History Association, Organization of American Historians, and the American History Association. He has taught western American history and Native American history to over 10,000 students during his career. He may be contacted at www.mscd.edu.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book, June 19, 2003

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Shaundra Rana (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colorado Profiles: Men and Women Who Shaped the Centennial State (Paperback)

Being a history student I may be a bit prejudiced, but I loved this book. I've read countless history books and many of them are incredibly dry. This book was engaging and interesting. I highly recommend it for a crash course in Colorado history.