| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.4

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.4 | The History Cooperative

*The Rise of the Silver Queen: Georgetown, Colorado, 1859–1896*. By Liston E. Leyendecker, Christine A. Bradley, and Duane A. Smith. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2005. xiv + 310 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, biographical essay, index. $55.00, cloth; $22.95, paper.)
This terrific book was not supposed to have three authors. The eminent Colorado State University historian Liston Leyendecker was working on it at the time of his death in 2001. The acknowledgements explain that he left early drafts of two chapters and one chapter completed for Clear Creek County archivist Christine Bradley and Fort Lewis college professor Duane Smith, who finished the book for him.	1
This doesn't read like a book with three authors. The narrative is seamless. Indeed, because the book is meant to be a narrative history of Georgetown rather than a monograph, putting it all together must have been easier for them. Yet despite its narrative structure, the story is built upon substantial primary source research and the kind of context regarding Georgetown's role in the broader history of the late-nineteenth century that you would expect to find in the work of experienced historians.	. . .

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