Item #273608 Denver, the Man: The Life, Letters and Public Papers of the Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman. George C. Barns.

Denver, the Man: The Life, Letters and Public Papers of the Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman

(n.p.), 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #273608
ISBN: 281AIB1053547

372 pages. A biography of the man who gave Colorado's capital its name -- a land speculator named his settlement after James W. Denver, then governor of the Kansas Territory, which included present-day Colorado. Denver also served as a general during the Civil War and as the Secretary of State of California. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket.

Price: $20.00

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