Bitterroot. From Susan Devan Harness (University of Nebraska) When she was two, Susan Devan Harness, a Salish Indian, was first adopted by a white coupleof Her birth mom was an alcoholic who didn’t even bother to show up at a societal services hearing, so Susan was taken away. The thought was that she would become […]
“The Continental Divide Trail: Exploring America’s Ridgeline Trail,” by Barney Scout Mann (Rizzoli) What makes America great is not its constitution nor its entrepreneurial spirit, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nicholas Kristof in his introduction to “The Continental Divide Trail. ” & & ldquo;Another element of American exceptionalism is that the attractiveness and sweep of our […]
Although noted historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin has spent countless hours researching and writing about presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, she learned something new about each of the men as she wrote her newest book, “Leadership: In Turbulent Times” (Simon & Schuster). Doris Kearns Goodwin says someone […]
“The Bonanza King” from Gregory Crouch (Scribner). Like our very own Leadville, Virginia City, Nev., is a bucolic town, a remnant of the past that lives on biblical glory. But Virginia City has been the center of their world for its mining industry that is precious-metals. It turned out to be a town that brought gold- sharpers, […]
Adam Cayton-Holland has often seemed like one of those people who has all. The 38-year-old former and live-in Westword scribe, who returns for Season 3 of his own truTV sitcom “Those Who Can’t” this fall, comes from a well-educated, well-off family in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood. Following years of proving his ability and work ethic […]
