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A Yellowstone Savage: Life in Nature's Wonderland
Book by Joyce B. Lohse
- GenresNonfiction
144 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1988
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About the author
Joyce B. Lohse
8 books4 followersColorado 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 seven biographies have won two silver WILLA awards, five Colorado Independent Publishers’ EVVY awards, and a Colorado Authors’ League Top Hand award. She has also written many articles, and her program essays are included in several Pikes Peak Library District history symposia 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 induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame’s for Eliza Routt. During the past decade, she has presented over 200 programs to Colorado Front Range groups. In her free time, Joyce lurks in cemeteries and archives, researching stories about Colorado pioneers.
"I combine journalism, genealogy and history to write biographies. My goal is to preserve and share true stories about pioneers and history of the American West through books, articles, and presentations."
-- Joyce B. Lohse
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 induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame’s for Eliza Routt. During the past decade, she has presented over 200 programs to Colorado Front Range groups. In her free time, Joyce lurks in cemeteries and archives, researching stories about Colorado pioneers.
"I combine journalism, genealogy and history to write biographies. My goal is to preserve and share true stories about pioneers and history of the American West through books, articles, and presentations."
-- Joyce B. Lohse
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November 26, 2018
Joyce Lohse tells about her adventures during the summer she worked in Yellowstone Park.
January 29, 2016
Although this only covers one summer (1973), it is an interesting look at Yellowstone. Joyce Lohse worked in the accounting department so most of her time was spent in Mammoth and Gardiner but her descriptions are vivid and the reading flows well. And one little bit of advice really did stick with me as well--
p. 20 “Figuring out quickly that we were newcomers, Jed leaned over to share a little Yellowstone philosophy with us. His message was that Yellowstone would become a part of us, and once we left, it would haunt us, and we would be compelled to return again, and again. ‘You have to come back to make sure it was real,’ he explained. At the time, we found little meaning or importance in his words. But in later years, Jed’s theory becomes reality for us as well.”
p. 20 “Figuring out quickly that we were newcomers, Jed leaned over to share a little Yellowstone philosophy with us. His message was that Yellowstone would become a part of us, and once we left, it would haunt us, and we would be compelled to return again, and again. ‘You have to come back to make sure it was real,’ he explained. At the time, we found little meaning or importance in his words. But in later years, Jed’s theory becomes reality for us as well.”
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