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An enormous castle of ice was built during the winter of 1895 in Leadville, Colorado. It was a difficult time for the mining town after the silver crash, and the desperate citizens came up with the idea of an 'ice palace' to boost tourism and the economy. Construction began in November of 1895, and the result delighted everyone, particularly young people - until the spring thaw of 1896. Afton Rorvik tells this remarkable story for young readers in Leadville's Palace of Ice. |
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ISBN: 978-0-86541-090-9
Price: $8.95
Available: July 2008
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The next two Now You Know Bios present a popular singer and social activist on the 1970's and the civil war veteran who founded the city of Colorado Springs in . John Denver 
The story of folk singer and song writer John Denver (1943-1997) is told by John Stansfield, author of the Now You Know Bio of Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist. John Denver was one of the most popular artists of the 1970's. He released more than three hundred songs, composing about half of them himself. He was named 'Poet Laureate of Colorado' in 1977. Denver is known also for his social activism and humanitarian projects.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, will be brought to the series by Joyce B. Lohse, author of Now You Know Bio's on Justina Ford, Emily Griffith, and Molly Brown.
General Palmer was a Civil War hero, and he founded the narrow-guage Denver & Rio Grand Western Railroad, which was an important part of Colorado's history. In 1870, Palmer purchased 10,000 acres of land near the frontier town of Colorado City, and a year later established the town of Colorado Springs. Chipeta A Now You Know Bio on Chipeta, the wife of Ute chief Ouray, by Cynthia Becker is planned for the second half of 2008. |
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| High Country Poems
By Inez Hunt
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Filter Press is pleased to bring back into print a collection of poems by Colorado poet and author Inez Hunt. Ms. Hunt was a resident of Manitou Springs, Colorado, and author of numerous articles, histories, and biographies in addition to poetry. With Wanetta Draper, she authored the nationally acclaimed Lightning in His Hand: The Life Story of Nikola Tesla. Inez Hunt 's poems of ranches, ghost towns, or mountain cemeteries, connect today's reader with a time and place long past away, yet utterly familiar.
Filter Press pubished High Country Ghost Town Poems, a small booklet of Inez Hunt poetry, in 1962, and is pleased to bring out a new and larger edition late in 2008. |
For Deer The kindest thing you can do for deer Is to throw a stone and teach them fear. It wasn’t fair. We coaxed with salt. We fed the fawn. That was our fault. Now blood lies red upon the ground Where sanctuary once was found. The kindest thing you can do for deer Is to throw a stone and teach them fear.
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| Paperback; 64 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-86541-083-1
Price: $16.95
Available: October 2008 |
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