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 Western
Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing
The Colorado Historical Society celebrates its 125th
Anniversary with the release of Western Voices in September
2004. This compilation of Colorado writing commemorates 125 years of
dedication to the state’s history. Thirty-three essays cover a
panorama of people and events from Colorado’s distant and recent
past. Western Voices draws from past and current Society
publications such as The Colorado Magazine, Colorado
Heritage, the Colorado History journal, and the Colorado
History Now monthly newspaper. It features outstanding writing
by the best and best-known authors published by the Society over the
course of its eighty-year publishing legacy, including Louis L’Amour,
Wallace Stegner, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Thomas J. Noel, Muriel
Sibell Wolle, and David Lavender.
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Grinstead, Steve and Fogelberg, Ben, Editors
Western Voices: 125 Years of
Colorado Writing
Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 2004
Retail: $19.95
Members Price: $17.96
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I Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face: Images of Childhood in Early
Colorado
Drawing from its extensive historical
treasures and photography archives, the Colorado History Museum
presents an evocative portrait of childhood in early Colorado. I
Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face provides a glimpse into the
child's world that readers of all ages will find appealing. Through
images and text that illuminate the child's experience in the late
19th and early 20th centuries, the book explores the major themes of
childhood that still endure today--home, family, school, work,
friends, and play.
A more personal tale juxtaposes the images of
mostly unidentified youths and the changing world they looked upon.
It is the story of Irma Bartels, a Denver girl who died in 1901 at
the age of 12. Irma's childhood belongings, tucked safely in a
family trunk for more than 100 years, have preserved her personal
legacy. The trunk is now part of the children's exhibit and serves
as a time capsule for young people and families who want to explore
what it meant to be a child in Colorado a century ago. Images of
Irma and her beloved objects, pictured and described in this book,
tell the story of her too-short life and remind us that childhood
itself is something to be treasured.
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Wetzel, David and McNair, Mary Ann
I Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face: Images of
Childhood in Early Colorado
Englewood, Colorado: Westcliffe Publishers, 2002
Retail: $6.98
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