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Colorado Central Magazine

Reviews – Plight of the Dam’d Rascals

Plight of the Dam’d Rascals By Tom Rollings 178 pages, Dog Ear Publishing 2014 ISBN: 978-1-4575-2950-4 Reviewed by Forrest Whitman Literally thousands of books and articles have been written about the Zebulon Pike Expedition of 1806-1807. The expedition is especially interesting to readers from Central Colorado, since many of the dramatic events on Pike’s long trek occurred right here. This newest book is by a Pike storyteller and writer Tom Rollings who lives in the Central Colorado area. His reading at the Book Haven in Salida on Dec. 9 should draw a crowd. Books about Pike split down the middle.…