Colorado, 1870-2000: Amazon.ca: William Henry Jackson, Eric Paddock, Roderick Nash: Books

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In response to curiosity about the stories behind the then-and-now images in the best-selling Colorado: 1870-2000, renowed historian Thomas J. Noel highlights the historic significance of the locations featured in the images and photographer John Fielder recalls the trills and challenges of re-photographing the scenes originally captured by 19th-century phot0grapher William Henry Jackson. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

John Fielder is a nationally acclaimed nature photographer, publisher, teacher and preservationist with 30 exhibit-format books and guidebooks to his credit.

Thomas J. Noel, Ph.D is a history professor and directory of Public History Preservation, and Colorado Studies at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has authored or co-authored 24 books on Colorado. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Binding Fell Apart, May 10 2003

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Amanda (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colorado, 1870-2000 (Hardcover)

I noticed the review that said this book was worthy of "permanent display on your coffee table." Well, I don't think that will be possible with my book, as the binding fell apart after 6 months. The book has gotten a fair amount of use, but nothing out of the ordinary. I've since seen a similar problem with a couple of the display copies at bookstores (which is why they've been demoted to display copies). So I don't think this is an isolated problem. It seems like the book is so big that they didn't make a strong enough binding for it. So just a warning for this thinking of buying this book. The good news is that, on the advice of one of the reviews, I bought Colorado: Yesterday & Today to replace my copy of Colorado: 1870-2000. I agree that it is the better book and now it will be on permanent display on my coffe-table.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy of permanent display on a coffee table, Feb 28 2003

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Jeff Mollerup (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colorado, 1870-2000 (Hardcover)

This book is excellent in look, feel, and quality. It is intriguing to see how much landscape has changed in 130 years. Many times for the better and many times for the worse. In every case it is very interesting to see two pictures side by side and compare 1870 with 2000. The photographer was very meticulous to capture every shot as closely as possible to the original perspective and frame, which really enhances the "then and now" feel of the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clearing Up the Confusion and Getting the Photo Details, Nov 18 2002

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Colorado History Junkie (Fort Collins, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited: The History Behind the Images (Paperback)

There appears to be some confusion as all of the reviews of the original "Colorado 1870-2000" big book are credited to this, the paperback "Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited: The History Behind the Images". This book is a companion book to the original. It takes each photo set from the big book and goes into detail about the location, changes, and how Fielder acquired each photo. These are the things that, being left out of the original, made several people give the big book negative reviews. While it would have been nice (and certainly less expensive) to have everything in one volume, we now have the information for which those disappointed with the big book were looking. While the big book is a piece of coffee table art, the Revisited book fits neatly on your bookshelf, ready to be taken down to answer those questions posed by your friends perusing the big book. I take a bit of offense at having to have paid for two different books, but they belong together and I feel were money well spent; the big book for the beautiful photos and the revisited book for its entertaining and educational material.

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