Holiday Book Suggestions

Review by Martha Quillen

Various Books – December 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine

One thing I like having is all those Caroline Bancroft booklets from Johnson Publishing. Friends who consider themselves serious historians tease me about my fascination with Bancroft’s light, diverting tales — and I have to admit that Bancroft’s treatment of Baby Doe is definitely more of a novel than a history.

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Holiday Book Suggestions

Review by Michael Dzubinski

Various Books – December 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine

Trails Among the Columbine: Salida, D&RG Railroad Town. The most comprehensive book on the history of Salida. 320 pages, 250 historic photographs.

Trails Among the Columbine: The D&RG’s Calumet Branch and the Turret Mining Area. Dick Dixon’s new book on Turret and environs.

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Holiday Book Suggestions

Review by Lynda La Rocca

Various Books – December 1996 – Colorado Central Magazine

I have to admit, I haven’t read any best sellers recently, nor have I stocked up on the latest New Age self-help tomes. So I can’t comment on Marianne Williamson’s last love fest or Melody Beattie’s current methods for disengaging from codependency.

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