Rocky Mountain Boom Town by Duane A Smith
"This Durango book is a model of local history....Non-Durangoan readers and those wanting a nice case study of a middle-sized town should find this handsome, generously illustrated book rewarding." Tom Noel, Rocky Mountain News"Smith has a good historical style, for one thing. He s obviously done a tremendous amount of research and he works in countless details-but smoothly and entertainingly. His is a dry understated humor. He makes Durango exciting without sensationalizing it." The Sunday Oklahoman.
"This Durango book is a model of local history...Non-Durangoan readers and those wanting a nice case study of a middle-sized town should find this handsome, generously illustrated book rewarding." —Tom Noel, Rocky Mountain News
"Smith has a good 'historical' style, for one thing. He's obviously done a tremendous amount of research and he works in countless details-but smoothly and entertainingly. His is a dry understated humor. He makes Durango exciting without sensationalizing it." —The Sunday Oklahoman
"Smith has a good 'historical' style, for one thing. He's obviously done a tremendous amount of research and he works in countless details-but smoothly and entertainingly. His is a dry understated humor. He makes Durango exciting without sensationalizing it." —The Sunday Oklahoman
Duane A. Smith is a professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, and is the author or coauthor of more than fifty books on Colorado and the West. He also serves as chair of the Durango Parks and Forestry Board and on the Anima School House Museum Board.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780870812576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0870812572 |
| Title | Rocky Mountain Boom Town |
| Author | Duane A Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
| Year published | 1992-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 236 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |