University Press Of Colorado imprint: 222 books
Yellowstone National Park
Through the Lens of Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson’s photographs from the 1871 Hayden Survey were instrumental in persuading Congress to designate Yellowstone as a national park—America’s first and greatest experiment in the preservation of an extraordinary landscape. Yellowstone National Park: Through...
by Thomas J. Noel, Nicholas Wharton
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
*A Timberline Book
Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts, Second Edition* is the newest, most thorough guide to Denver’s 51 historic districts and more than 331 individually landmarked properties. This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates Denver’s oldest banks, churches, clubs, hotels,...
by Benjamin B. Lindsey, Harvey J. O'Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey’s exposé of big business’s influence on Colorado and Denver politics, a best seller when it was originally published in 1911, is now back in print. The Beast reveals the plight of working-class Denver citizens—in particular those Denver youths who ended up in Lindsey’s...
Ores to Metals
The Rocky Mountain Smelting Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores to Metals details the people, technologies, and business decisions that have shaped the smelting...
Dr. Charles David Spivak
A Jewish Immigrant and the American Tuberculosis Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2009
Part biography, part medical history, and part study of Jewish life in turn-of-the-century America, Jeanne Abrams's book tells the story of Dr. Charles David Spivak - a Jewish immigrant from Russia who became one of the leaders of the American Tuberculosis Movement.
Born in Russia in 1861,...
A Chorus of Cranes
The Cranes of North America and the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
“Since long before medieval times cranes have been considered messengers of the gods, calling annually from on high to remind humans below of the passing years and of their own mortality. Now it is up to humans to take responsibility for controlling our own fate—and also to cry out to protect...
by Cara Blessley Lowe
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2008
This spellbinding tribute to Puma concolor honors the big cat's presence on the land and in our psyches. In some essays, the puma appears front and center: a lion leaps over Rick Bass's feet, hurtles off a cliff in front of J. Frank Dobie, gazes at Julia Corbett when she opens her eyes after an outdoor...
by Ellen E. Wohl
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Island of Grass tells the story of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area, a 240-acre preserve surrounded by housing developments in Fort Collins, Colorado. This small grassland is a remnant of the once-vast prairies of the West that early European explorers and settlers described as seas of grass.Agricultural...
Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park
From the White City Beautiful to a Century of Fun
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park details the history of Lakeside, exploring how it has managed to remain in business for more than a century (something fewer than thirty amusement parks have accomplished) and offers a unique view on larger changes in society and the amusement park industry itself.
Once...
Persistent Progressives
The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Persistent Progressives tells the story of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union’s evolution from an early movement against monopolists and wholesalers to a regional trailblazer for agriculture ideologies built on social democracy, the family farmer, and cooperative enterprises. As a continuing advocate...
by Titu Cusi Yupanqui
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Available in English for the first time, An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru is a firsthand account of the Spanish invasion, narrated in 1570 by Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui - the penultimate ruler of the Inca dynasty - to a Spanish missionary and transcribed by a mestizo assistant. The...
Old Blue's Road
A Historian's Motorcycle Journeys in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Finalist for the Colorado Book Award (History)
In Old Blue’s Road, historian James Whiteside shares accounts of his motorcycle adventures across the American West. He details the places he has seen, the people he has met, and the personal musings those encounters prompted on his unique journeys...
The Man Who Thought He Owned Water
On the Brink with American Farms, Cities, and Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The Man Who Thought He Owned Water is author Tershia d’Elgin’s fresh take on the gravest challenge of our time—how to support urbanization without killing ourselves in the process. The gritty story of her family’s experience with water rights on its Colorado farm provides essential background...
The Boys of Winter
Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2005
"An immensely valuable and substantial addition to 10th Mountain literature and to the history of skiing in the United States."
- International Ski History Association
The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful...