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Joyce B. Lohse

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Colorado author Joyce B. Lohse combines a degree in journalism with genealogy research skills and a passion for western history to create award-winning biographies for all ages. Her eight biographies have won two silver WILLA awards, five Colorado Independent Publishers’ EVVY awards, and a Colorado Authors’ League Top Hand award. She has written many articles, and her program essays are included in several Pikes Peak Library District history symposium publications.

Subjects for Joyce Lohse’s biographies include Colorado’s Baby Doe Tabor, General William Palmer, Unsinkable “Molly” Brown, Educator Emily Griffith, Dr. Justina Ford, and Colorado’s Original Governor and First Lady, John and Eliza Routt. In 2008, Joyce accepted historic induction ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Joyce B. Lohse Easy. In about 1900, I would visit with my ancestral cousin, Eliza P. Routt, the original First Lady of Colorado, and the first woman registered to vo…moreEasy. In about 1900, I would visit with my ancestral cousin, Eliza P. Routt, the original First Lady of Colorado, and the first woman registered to vote in the state. We would meet for high tea in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver for a long, unhurried conversation. While I was in the area, I would locate a horse and ride (astride) to Colorado Springs, to visit some folks there, then ride up to Leadville. (less)

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Joyce B. Lohse Summer 2021 Reading List:
The Apple Orchard - Susan Wiggs
Somewhere Near - Teddy Jones
Comfort Me With Apples - Ruth Reich
The Forest Lover - Susan Vreela…moreSummer 2021 Reading List:
The Apple Orchard - Susan Wiggs
Somewhere Near - Teddy Jones
Comfort Me With Apples - Ruth Reich
The Forest Lover - Susan Vreeland
Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
The Rainbow Trail - Zane Grey
Blue Horse Mesa - John D. Nesbitt
A Thousand Texas Longhorns - Johnny D. Boggs
The Paris Library - Janet Seslien
Silver Grass - John D. Nesbitt
The Hearts of Horses - Molly Gloss
Where the Rivers Change Direction - Mark Spragg
An Elevated View - W.C. Jameson
Great Lonesome - John D. Nesbitt
In my opinion, these are ALL great reads!!(less)

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Average rating: 3.57 · 145 ratings · 26 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story (Now You Know Bio) 3.66 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen 3.56 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer (Now You Know Bio) (A Now You Know Bio) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Yellowstone Savage: Life in Nature's Wonderland 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justina Ford, Medical Pioneer (A Now You Know Bio) 2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of Colorado 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spencer Penrose: Builder & Benefactor 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emily Griffith: Opportunity's Teacher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Among Canyon Shadows: An Eastern Artist in Western Colorado 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

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