Anne Evans - A Pioneer in Colorado's Cultural History: THE THINGS THAT LAST WHEN GOLD IS GONE

by Barbara Edwards Sternberg, Jennifer Boone, Evelyn Waldron

Anne Evans is one of the most accomplished and least known of the many women who have contributed to making Colorado a special place. Her achievements in helping to develop the institutions devoted to the cultural enrichment of life in Denver and Colorado - art museums, public libraries, an art commission to further the ideal of a well-designed civic environment - are an extraordinary tale told well in this award winning book. Barbara Sternberg resembles Anne Evans in that she achieves much because she lets others take or share credit, including this wonderful book Anne Evans - A Pioneer in Colorado's Cultural The Things That Last When Gold Is Gone.
- Tom Noel, PhD University of Colorado, Denver

556 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 2011

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish I could give a 3 1/2 star rating. The book is extremely well researched, but there are just so many typos and other things that still need a bit of proofing that it's hard to get through. I appreciate the effort that went into this research as well as making a book out of someone who apparently didn't want much known about herself. And what a legacy she has left behind!

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read it for a book club. If I had been reading it for myself I would have quit half way through. Too much detail. It could have been half as long and more interesting.

[Susanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is long and detailed—particularly considering that its subject, Anne Evans, ordered that all her papers and other personal belongings be destroyed upon her death. However, because of that, telling the story of Anne Evans required the authors to dig into a wide variety of other resources. As a result, the book wanders widely from Anne’s biography to be more of a biography of Denver’s cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which makes for a sometimes tedious read, albeit a good reference source.