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On Colfax Avenue: A Victorian Childhood (Colorado History (Paperback))
On Colfax Avenue A Victorian Childhood - Colorado History Paperback Author:Elizabeth Young, Cade Nethercott "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 Denvers rapid metamorphosis from fronti... more »er town to modern city. Youngs 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 childhoodboth the authors and Denvers.« less