Heroes, Villains,
Dames & Disasters
(National Best Books finalist)
Non-fiction
150 Years of Front Page Stories
from the Rocky Mountain News
Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters is a souvenir collection of historic front pages and stories from Colorado’s oldest newspaper, which closed 55 days short of what would have been its 150th anniversary on April 23, 2009.
This commemorative, over-sized book recreates historic and nostalgic moments in Colorado and U.S. history in a unique format. By reprising original front pages and news reports from the paper, readers can experience what it must have been like to read about Lincoln’s assassination, the trial of Alfred Packer, the Gold Rush, the sinking of the Titanic, the blizzard of 1913, the Denver Mint robbery, Prohibition, the birth of Red Rocks, World War II, airline sabotage over Colorado, the Beatles’ visit to Denver, landing on the moon, Watergate, Colorado’s worst wildfire, and more. Vignettes and anecdotes from the same original editions present each event or character in a Rocky Mountain perspective.
