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Colorado: A Historical Atlas EXPLORE BY MEDIA Submitted by barlowk on 7-22-2015 09:51 PM Book Reviews Photographs Author: By Thomas J. Noel with cartography by Carol Zuber-Mallison Video Publishing: Colorado: A Historical Atlas. By Thomas J. Noel with cartography Biographies by Carol Zuber-Mallison. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. New Publications Resource Guides 368 pages. Color photographs; maps. 12” x 9”. $39.95 hardcover. County Newspaper Histories Reviewer: Richard D. Lamm Reviewer Affiliation: EXPLORE BY TOPIC Land & Natural Resources University of Government & Law Agriculture Few things are more impressive in the world of arts than to watch an accomplished author at the height of Mining his or her powers. Tom Noel has written widely on a myriad of historical subjects but this is surely his Commerce & Industry Transportation magnum opus. An ambitious, comprehensive book, its lateral reach is breathtaking. Noel accomplishes the People & Places near impossible: to capture the essence of a state in one (admittedly large) book. Communication Healthcare & Medicine This work is a thoroughly revised edition of Noel’s book of the same name first published in 1994. Laid out in this Education & Libraries Cultural Communities eminently readable book is Colorado in all its natural, historical, and economic glory with over one hundred new Recreation & Entertainment maps and a hundred new photos enriching his earlier work. This book won the Angie Debo Prize for the most Tourism distinguished book published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Religion

EXPLORE BY CULTURE When an author tries to capture the essence of a state and its people, the challenge is to balance specific Hispanic details with the goal of capturing a panorama of the state. We need to know about the history, geography, Native American economy of Colorado, as well as its significant personalities, as they fit into the total picture, all the while knowing that many details must of necessity be left to more in-depth works (which are cited in the comprehensive bibliography). Leave too much out, and we feel frustrated; put too much in, and we lose the full impact of the total picture. Noel walks this line skillfully. We see enough of the details, but they don’t distract us from the bigger picture. Like a sculptor, the author has to know what to cut away what to cut

leave intact.

Historians tend to look in depth, and Noel has earned his well-deserved reputation as a historian by a

lifetime of traditional work. Beyond his more academic work, Noel has shown his whimsical side in such

works as Colorado: A Liquid History and Tavern Guide to the Highest State and has led many tours of

Denver’s historical architecture and drinking establishments to the delight of locals and tourists alike.

The philosopher Spinoza used to hide sugar cookies among his papers so that deep in work, late at night, he would come across one of the hidden sugar cookies to his immense delight. Similarly, this book is filled with “sugar cookie” stories about Colorado. Maps and histories of hot springs, lynchings and legal executions, state parks and natural areas, sacred sites, museums, national historical landmarks, World War II and Cold War sites—this book is filled with gems of all types that enrich and edify the reader and will give many unexpected surprises through hours of reading. Here is a wonderful way to review Colorado in all its splendor.

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Richard D. Lamm is a three-term (1975–1987) and the author or coauthor of seven books, including The Angry West and Pioneers and Politicians: Colorado Governors in Profile. He is a professor of public policy at the .

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