Papa's Girl [Hardcover]

Eva Hodges Watt (Author)

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About the Author

Eva Hodges Watt is a native of Silver City, New Mexico. She began her newspaper career as a police reporter for the El Paso Times, but soon moved to Denver and The Denver Post where she was a reporter and editor for forty years. She knew and sometimes interviewed Helen Bonfils. Watt began interviewing "Miss Helen's" friends, associates and employees after her retirement from The Denver Post in 1985.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Company (July 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932738436
• ISBN-13: 978-1932738438
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,187,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars She Loved The Denver Post, the Theater, and Men, March 26, 2008

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Audrey Friedman Marcus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Papa's Girl (Hardcover)

PAPA'S GIRL:THE FASCINATING WORLD OF HELEN BONFILS is an insightful portrait of the controversial and philanthropic woman who inherited The Denver Post from her infamous father, F.G. Bonfils. More than a bit gossipy, the book features interviews with Miss Helen's household entourage, Denver Post associates, fellow actors and producers, dear friends, priests, and attorney Donald Seawell, among many others, and tells (almost) all about her two marriages, the first to George Somnes, a gay theater director and producer, and the second an outrageous union with her one-time chauffeur, Mike Davis, half her age, who with Helen's backing became a flamboyant wildcatter who made a fortune as head of Tiger Oil and carried on a very public affair with the singer Phyllis McGuire. Readers will learn the inside story of the distant relationship between Helen and her older sister May Bonfils Stanton, the inner workings of The Denver Post, the lavish lifestyle of the Bonfils family, and tidbits about Denver society and their attitudes toward F.G. and the rest of the clan. Old-timer Denverites will lap this up; others, too, will enjoy learning about this unusual woman.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Flap, December 19, 2008

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Theseus "theseus" (US of A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Papa's Girl (Hardcover)

"In Papa's Girl, Eva Hodges Watt has gathered all the multi-hued strands of Helen Bonfils' life to tell the story of this remarkable woman who made Colorado a better, more delightful, and certainly more interesting place. This, Helen Bonfils managed to do despite a life often bedeviled by strife and occasionally, caucous scandal."
- Tom Noel, University of Colorado at Denver