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Lakeside Amusement Park drew a large crowd on a perfect summer Friday night.

Regional Nonfiction: Books on Lakeside, Native Americans, Sand Dunes

September 25, 2016 at 12:56 a.m.

For more than a century, Lakeside has been one of Denver鈥檚 premier attractions.聽Its rides and big-name bands, its train and fun house with the laughing lady have appealed to generations.

Margaret Coel releases last in Wind River series, but she’s not done with writing

September 3, 2016 at 10:31 p.m.

Some 20 years ago, when Margaret Coel finished her first work of fiction, 鈥淭he Eagle Catcher,鈥� she thought she had written a stand-alone novel.

Regional fiction by Larry Watson, R.M. Kinder, Keith McCafferty and Scott Graham

August 21, 2016 at 1:00 a.m.

Calvin Sidey turned his back on civilization long ago and is working as a cowboy, living in a trailer, when his son, Bill, turns to him for help.聽 Bill鈥檚 wife...

Book review: “Rich People Behaving Badly”

August 7, 2016 at 12:27 a.m.

Trust Dick Kreck to dig up the dirt on Denver society.聽 A 38-year Denver Post reporter and columnist chronicling the doings of Denver notables, Kreck is adept at turning up...

Frederick Douglass wanted blacks to stay in their Southern communities after the Civil War.

Regional nonfiction books: Painting the American West

July 16, 2016 at 3:47 a.m.

For many African-Americans, the years after the end of Civil War Reconstruction weren't much different from slavery days. Blacks were robbed, cheated and brutally treated.

Francis Schlatter, an Alsatian immigrant pictured circa 1895, was a Denver cobbler and healer.

Book review: “The Vanishing Messiah” may solve a mystery

June 25, 2016 at 3:31 a.m.

In 1895, a messiah-like figure with an uncanny resemblance to paintings of Jesus showed up in the yard of a North Denver bungalow and began healing people. He was Francis...

Apaches in 1886 sit on an embankment while en route to their imprisonment in Florida. Geronimo is third from the right in the front. "The Apache Wars" documents the genocidal war on the part of the Army and brutal raids by the Apaches.

Regional nonfiction: Books look at Rough Riders, Apaches, Asians in Colorado

June 18, 2016 at 7:43 p.m.

Theodore Roosevelt抖阴ap Rough Riders are one of America鈥檚 most beloved fighting forces.

The late Montana author Jim Harrison's last work, "The Ancient Minstrel," is a collection of three novellas that showcase the author's mastery of sex and booze, rural life and flawed character.

Books: Three tales that capture Western life

May 16, 2016 at 12:38 p.m.

Books: Three tales that capture Western life

E. Martin Hennings' "Passing By," a 1924 oil. Hennings, along with Walter Ufer, a fellow member of the Taos Society of Artists, is featured in "A Place in the Sun."

Four Western artists who continue to inspire

April 22, 2016 at 4:12 p.m.

Four Western artists who continue to inspire

Park of the Red Rocks in 1935. Lawrence M. Johnson shows the changes to the park in "Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow."

Regional book reviews: Denver’s Union Station, Red Rocks then and now

April 14, 2016 at 7:12 p.m.

Regional book reviews: Denver's Union Station, Red Rocks then and now

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