Positively Pearl Street

by Silvia Pettem

"Positively Pearl Street" is quite literally a slice through Boulder's past. The combination of two maps, 290 photos, and the text to tie them together reveal the city from its frontier days to the present, as seen through the eyes of residents and visitors on Pearl Street, the city's main thoroughfare. With a focus on the area between 8th and 21st streets, you too can view, firsthand, the changes in transportation, events and activities, and art and architecture as Pearl Street evolved from mud to mall.

224 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published August 1, 2007

About the author

Silvia Pettem (www.silviapettem.com) is a longtime historical researcher, newspaper columnist, and author of more than twenty books. Just released is IN SEARCH OF THE BLONDE TIGRESS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ELEANOR JARMAN.

After decades of work for individuals and governments, her life took a new turn in 1996, when she stumbled upon the gravestone of a Jane Doe –– a murder victim from 1954. Pettem then applied her research skills to both old-fashioned detective work and the power of the internet by entering into a partnership with her local sheriff and with forensic experts of the Vidocq Society to successfully determine the young woman's identity. Pettem chronicled their work in "Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe," recently republished as an "Updated Edition."