The Colorado Book

by Eleanor M. Gehres, Eleanor Gehres (Editor), Sandra Dallas (Editor)

A broad sample of fiction and nonfiction, science, history, biography, poetry, essays and children's stories selected by four longtime Colorado residents.

Genres: History

440 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 1993

Reviews

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm from Colorado, and my family has been there for over a century, so I want this book to be epic, but so far it seems like it has fallen well short of its potential. Compared to the Montana Anthology "Last Best Place", a region based book consisting of a thousand pages of Montana writing, this one feels weak. There are no introductions to any of the writings. There are no Indians anywhere in the book, other than some observations from early travelers. Many of the pieces are just short excerpts that give you a snapshot of life in Colorado at a given time but are lacking in context. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the book but it seems to have fallen fall short of what it could have been.