On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood (Colorado History (Paperback)) - Softcover

Young, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942576446 ISBN 13: 9780942576443

Publisher: Colorado Historical Society, 2004

Synopsis

"Everyone was moving to Denver, which was mushrooming all over the prairie and giving every evidence of becoming a metropolis of real proportion" - so recalls Elizabeth Young of her childhood on Colfax Avenue. Her youth ran parallel to that of her hometown: she grew up in the 1890s in the midst of Denver's rapid metamorphosis from frontier town to modern city. Young's memoir provides vivid glimpses of the people and events of this heady era, along with the adventuresome spirit that animated them. On Colfax Avenue captures the sense of joyful self-discovery that comes with childhood - both the author's and Denver's.

About this title

From the Publisher:

On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood is the ninth volume in the Colorado History series.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Young (1890-1967) gained renown as a vocalist in Denver during the 1910s. She subsequently married Pennsylvania architect Frederick Muhlenberg and raised four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Colorado Historical Society
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0942576446
• ISBN 13: 9780942576443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144