I Never Knew That about Colorado: A Quaint Volume of Forgotten Lore / Edition 1

by Abbott Fay

Overview

In his book I Never Knew That About Colorado, author and historian Abbott Fay presents a unique compilation of long-forgotten and little-publicized happenings of Colorado history. While this book is not essentially a book of trivia, some of the items might be considered trivial. Unless an item is described as questionable, it is the result of cross-documentation that indicates it really happened beyond a reasonable doubt. This book is great fun as the reader browses the fringe of Colorado history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781890437176
Publisher:	Western Reflections Publishing Co.
Publication date:	09/30/1997
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	196
Sales rank:	1,098,215
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 8.05(h) x 0.52(d)

Editorial Reviews

Abbot Fay's I Never Knew That About Colorado: A Quaint Volume Of Forgotten Lore is a fascinating compendium of bits and pieces of obscure Colorado history. Here are to be found the true stories of such little known events personalities as Colorado's post-Civil War slavery; Adolph Hitler's Colorado ranch; Mark Twain and Denver censorship; when it literally snowed ducks on I-70; the bombing of Colorado during World War II; "The Man Who Word Out His Coffin"; and many more such astonishing history-based tales. I Never Knew That About Colorado is highly recommended reading for students of Colorado history, and anyone who enjoys relatively unknown, odd and dramatic historical anecdotes.