Red Mountain - Softcover

Lavender, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890437352 ISBN 13: 9781890437350

Publisher: Western Reflections Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

David Lavender's classic novel of the rich silver strikes between Ouray (Argent) and Silverton (Baker), Colorado is back in print. Based on actual historical events and places (but with a few liberties taken) his fast-moving book details how hero Johnny Ogden builds what is now the Million Dollar Highway to connect Argent with the booming Red Mountain Mining District. Johnny's intense enthusiasm, dedication and ambition help make up for his youthfull mistakes. Red Mountain is a colorful, exciting novel that vividly protrays the excitement and optimism of the silver boom days of Colorado, as well as the doom and despair that followed after the collapse of the price of silver

About this title

About the Author:

David Lavender is the author of nearly forty books on the West, including two that won Pulitzer Prize nominations. He writes about southwest Colorado form first-hand knowledge. He was born in Telluride, Colorado, and witnessed the final days of Colorado's great mines. As a young adult he worked at the famous Camp Bird Mine and on his father's cattle ranch in southwestern Colorado. He graduated from Princton but returned to Colorado until his family's ranch failed during the Great Depression. Afterwards he moved to California where he lives today.

Review:

"Lavender takes the reader beyond where the historian can go. He tells the story through fictional characters who reflect the attitudes, hopes, and dreams of the generation that came to open the mineral treasure box. Come back to the exciting, heart-breaking days when mining beckoned . . . with the promise of fulfillment of dreams." -- Duane Smith, Ft. Lewis College

About this edition

• Publisher: Western Reflections Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1890437352
• ISBN 13: 9781890437350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540