Written by a longtime local resident Mary Hagen, Hiking Trails of Northern Colorado is regarded as the "Bible" of Larimer County trail information. It includes detailed route information of trails in the popular Poudre Canyon as well as Pingree Park, Big Thompson Canyon, Comanche Peaks Wilderness Area, Rawah Wilderness Area and other areas west of Fort Collins, Loveland, and Red Feather Lakes. Hikes range in difficulty from easy 2 hour jaunts with the kids to multiday adventures through some of Colorado's most spectacular alpine wilderness areas. As with any guide of this type, some information may be somewhat dated. However with a minimum amount of research, i.e, Current US Forest Service or Trails Illustrated maps, any outdated information can be easily updated.

The Tenth Cavalry was one of the two Black Cavalry regiments recruited after the Civil War from the veterans of the US Colored Troops. The unit was mostly stationed in the west to keep order among the Native Americans who called them Buffalo Soldiers. There has been a great interest in the deeds and motivations of these men in the face of rampant prejudice and social seperation. The unit's service has been perpetuated in the present order of battle of the US Army and there still is a 10th Cavalry though now integrated. This book was one of many published by both Regular Army, National Guard, and other units commemerating their service through the years. It was long out of print and was reprinted about thirty years ago by a private publisher in Fort Collins, Colo. That has become a collectible as well. This edition should interest all those who study the Indian Wars and the War with Spain and the Philippine War. The unit did not serve in France but patrolled the Mexican border from Fort Huachucha, AZ and had gone into Mexico in 1916 with the Punitive Expedition where a patrol clashed with Carranzista troops, resulting in the deaths of both the Mexican and US commanders and the dispersal and capture of many of the troopers. They were returned eventually to El Paso and the whole incident was smoothed over by cool heads.

This was an excellent book, though admittedly, a tear jerker. It was amazing to see the strength of this child as she waged her battle and how she got closer to God through it. It is worth a read. It touched me and taught me so much that reading it once was not enough. Anyone who is a Christian or is dealing with an illness will benefit from this one.

the book provides entertaining stories of hunting trips by the author and his hunting buddies. while not overly emphasizing hunting strategies, the stories do touch on a few strategies required for successful hunting. overall a good, well written book.

This book is a fun read about a first year Major League Baseball franchise. After a brief discription pertaining to the history of baseball in Denver, the book details the day to day revere of a unique franchise. It was interesting to see, not only what it takes for a City to petition MLB for an expansion team but the day to day operations involved with playing 81 home games a year. From the front office to the stadium, to the dugout, any baseball fan will find this book intriguing.

This is a great book of 34 short stories combined together to show the events that shaped Colorado into what it is today. It is very well written with very easy and understandable reading. I recommend it for adults and yet it is not to difficult for children to understand.

This book takes a look at many of the different rock ar symbols and their possible meanings. While not a complete guide to all of the sites, I think it's an excellent companion to the Polly Schaafsma books. It's a little light on pictures, but overall, an excellent reference.

In the latter part of the twenty-first century, nanotechnology is about to take man into the next evolutionary leap. Then continuous, mysterious, and unstoppable signals from space created The Silence, a state where radios, television and the net were inoperable. Crescent City was created in the Caribbean Sea, a sentient life form meant to be a repository of all human knowledge.

Crescent City will one day turn itself into a space ship but before that could happen, pirates attack and destroy the coordinates needed to take the ship to it's proper destination. Jason Peabody and Dania leave Crescent City for Johnson Space Station in Houston where they can retrieve the coordinates the city so desperately needs. Their journey through a world altered by nanotechnology and decimated by plague is the stuff of legends.

On one level, a person has to be a super genius to understand all the scientific concepts put forth in LIGHT MUSIC. On the other hand, if the readers are willing to let their imaginations flow freely, they will enjoy a fascinating story line populated with characters that are all too human despite their genetic differences. Kathleen Ann Goonan is a writer on the cutting edge of literature.

Harriet Klausner

A. J. Orde is B. J. Oliphant is Sheri Tepper and a stunning writer whether she is dealing with the far future or the deepest rescesses of the heart.

Jason Lynx, the hero of this series, is a man who has been seriously wounded by life. He was abandoned as an badly burned infant on the steps of a children't home. He spent the next four years undergoing skin grafts. At the age of 14 he was taken in by an antique's dealer who had helped him get his start in the interior design business. Later he married but his wife disappeared and his son was found strapped in a car seat in a wrecked vehicle.

Now it is eight years later. Jason has taken over his foster father's business and has established himself as a successful businessman. Then one Sunday his neighbor George asks him to check on his dogs while he goes to pick up his wife who has had a minor accident. What follows is murder, bombings, and the breaking open of scabs that have crusted over old wounds.

This is a very good novel and a very good mystery. While it was first published in 1989 there is very little dated about the book.

This book is an astoundingly in-depth index of mineral occurances in Colorado. It has more than a few eye-opening revelations. Looking up the radioactive minerals is especially provacative. By bringing together so much information, the stupefying magnitude of efforts to find and identify minerals in Colorado can start to be appreciated.

The books organization should be explained: Individual mineral "chapters" are arranged aphabetically. Within each mineral chapter, occurances are listed aphabetically by county. This format makes looking for particular minerals fairly straightforward--it tells you which counties have the mineral and basically where to find them. As could be expected, publicly accessible occurances are described in more detail than private sites (mines are usually only named).

On the other hand, if you want to find out what minerals are found in particular county, only a short mineral highlights section at the beginning of the book is helpful. County information is parceled out to the individual mineral chapters. Regrouping the information by county would require another book--or a searchable CD.

This book begs to be in database-on-CD form.