This volume on early Colorado history is concise, yet it offers nothing new, and the writing is very dry. I did enjoy the thumbnail sketches of the Indian Wars, and Berwanger’s coverage of transportation, homesteading and the politics involving statehood. Yet I found the author’s tone disconcerting. Of all the struggles toward statehood, Berwanger alludes to events of happenstance rather than those of achievement. The book jacket also made me laugh: “I know of no other detailed histor
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