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Colorado's Colorful Characters

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Colorado's Colorful Characters by Gladys R. Bueler provides the reader with a truly fascinating picture of the lives of pioneers, miners, con artists, mountain men, dreamers, and more, all of whom contributed to making Colorado what it is today. Black-and-white photographs, a comprehensive chronology, and most of all, a wide range of amazing anecdotal tales makes Colorado's Colorful Characters an engaging read offering a dash of zesty flavor to a proud state's history.

This is a good book to read if one is trying to learn about the people involved in the formation of the state of Colorado. Ms. Bueler's in-depth chapters about mining and the building of the railroads can help one understand what type of people came to Colorado and how they survived and thrived. A person with an interest in those two areas of history would not be disappointed in the book. Anyone looking for a wider variety of characters in Colorado's history, however, would be better off trying a different book.