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The rollicking story of the Leadville waitress who reached the top of Newport society -- and a permanent place in American lore -- as a heroine of the Titanic disaster. Miss Bancroft's biography gives the true story of the unsinkable lady from Colorado and makes an amusing contrast with the legend.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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"This is the first full-length biography of an extraordinary woman in Colorado's history. Anna Marie Bassett was the first white child born in the notorious outlaw region of Colorado known as Brown's Park. She knew outlaws such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and became lifelong friends with Elza Lay."--Provided by publiaher.
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[2016]
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"Unbroken Spirits" is the stories of three courageous hardworking women who triumphed over their adversities not by becoming rich, powerful, winners in society but by enduring patiently and nobly under terrible adverse conditions. These women were not queens or princesses. They were underdogs. Some might even call them "losers." Each of these very special women played an important role in a famous Colorado conflict."
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Pub. Date
c2003
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An account of the history of Paradox Valley in southwestern Colorado. Written from the perspective of a resident during America's Great Depression, this book captures the essence of that time. Through the author's eyes life in the early twentieth century comes to life: plain folk coping with a harsh lifestyle, murderous villains, overbearing land holders, cattle rustlers, and much more--all below the rimrocks.
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2020.
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This book intends to put women in their place-- THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY! Although most activists can cite a crisis event that set them on the protest pathway, some were following the female role models of their mothers and grandmothers, las Adelitas of our generation. "Adelita" means "winged." These 20 women are also winged! For these women, their fame was based on their voice, their story, their willingness to share their suffering. It was their...