Phyllis J Perry: 10 books

Colorado history is filled with maverick men and women who shaped the state's identity and culture. Trailblazers Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long laid groundwork for the miners, farmers and statesmen who helped the area evolve into a territory and a state. Father of Rocky Mountain National Park Enos...

Rocky Mountain National Park is often called �the crown jewel� of the nation�s park system. Set in Colorado in the southern part of the Rocky Mountain chain, which forms the backbone of North America, the park contains 72 named peaks above 12,000 feet with the tallest of these, Longs Peak, rising...

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, anywhere in the world.A typical cache is a small waterproof...

Bold Women in Colorado History shares the stories of ten Centennial State women, among them Clara Brown, a former slave who ventured west and remade herself into a respected entrepreneur; Chipeta, a Kiowa Apache woman adopted into the Ute tribe, who helped negotiate for peace between her people and the...

Rocky Mountain National Park is often called “the crown jewel” of the nation’s park system. Set in Colorado in the southern part of the Rocky Mountain chain, which forms the backbone of North America, the park contains 72 named peaks above 12,000 feet with the tallest of these, Longs Peak, rising...

From an out-of-control wildfire that nearly destroyed a town to a serial spouse killer in Estes Park, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Colorado’s largest national park. Learn how two teens’ attempt to scale the Diamond—a...

TOO MANY SECRETS … Should she tell?It all changes when a fire breaks out in the middle of the night, destroying her home… Meg was looking forward to the winter holidays before returning to her last semester at Foothills Middle School where she hopes to be chosen as a cheerleader.To avoid...

Holly woke in the hospital bed…The Fourth of July accident had taken the lives of her mother and father, and she faced a future filled with both change and challenge.Living with her grandparents on ten acres out in the country would be a lot different from living in town. It meant a new school,...

Megan wins the ice cream contest and next day is on TV. Terri’s brother is pictured in the paper winning a school trophy. Her sister, Lynn, appears cheering at the basketball game.Terri feels like a nobody until the scuba classes.Terri, Megan, Brett, Brian, and Clarissa all audition for the school...

Summer vacation holds little promise for Oliver.Offered a thirteenth birthday present of joining his grandmother for a vacation in Great Britain, he quickly accepts. With only several children and some unpromising adults, too late he realizes there are few others on the tour with whom he can...