CLIMAX kids, 1956

By D.E. Vincent

This charming account of life, circa 1956, in a remote mining town in central Colorado, depicts a vivid sense of the intensity of a child's world - its passions, fears, anxieties, joys and pleasures.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1418499404
• ISBN13: 9781418499402
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A charming book about the 1950s

I bought this thinking it would be about my hometown, Leadville, Colorado, but it was pretty exclusively about the 'company town' of Climax, several thousand feet higher up in the Rockies. My father was a mill foreman at Climax Molybdenum in the 40s and 50s and it is likely he knew the author's father. I enjoyed reading about Climax, but the true heart of this book is the lyrical description of childhood in a freer, more natural time. I heartily recommend this book to even the casual reader, but most especially to anyone who remembers the magical world of the Colorado Rockies in the middle of the 20th century. (Wow, now I feel old!) Ms. Vincent will charm you with her adventures and make you remember your own.

A Former Climax Kid

Ms. Vincent nailed life in Climax. I was there! Her humor comes out at high altitude.