Books by Joyce:

	NEW! -- General William Palmer: Railroad Pioneer, Filter Press, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-86541-092-3
	Unsinkable: The Molly Brown Story, Filter Press, 2006, CIPA Silver EVVY Award Winner ISBN: 978-0-86541-081-7
	Emily Griffith: Opportunity's Teacher, Filter Press, 2005 ISBN: 978-0-86541-077-0
	Justina Ford: Medical Pioneer, Filter Press 2004, CIPA Silver EVVY Award Winner, WILLA Silver Award Winner ISBN: 978-0-86541-074-9
	First Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of Colorado, Filter Press 2002, CIPA Gold EVVY Award Winner ISBN: 978-0-86541-063-1
	A Yellowstone Savage: Life In Nature's Wonderland, J.D. Charles Publishing, 1988, ISBN: 0-944915-00-0

 

Judges comments ...
             "Very engaging work of regional history - well researched and well written."
             "First-rate account of Colorado history" ...
             "A fascinating read that held my interest throughout."

Winner of one gold and two silver EVVY awards from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and a silver WILLA award from Women Writing the West.

NEW TITLE -- Now available!

  General William Palmer:
Railroad Pioneer
by Joyce B. Lohse
A Now You Know Bio
from Filter Press

 

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"Thank you for your sterling work as an interpreter of our history."
                                                      -- Donald McGilchrist, The Navigators, Glen Eyrie

Palmer Book Review:

Having previously lived in Colorado Springs for thirty-two years, I found Joyce B. Lohse’s book on William Jackson Palmer very informative, entertaining and accurate.

Palmer was the founder of the Springs and the author captured the many complexities of being both a family man and business man in this volume. The book itself is compact enough to take along in a purse or backpack when visiting the city and seeing Palmer’s many still-visible legacies there.

I especially like how the author has accurately described Palmer’s wife, Queen, as having health problems after moving over a mile high in altitude to Colorado. Queen initially worked right along side her husband in this frontier land, lived and entertained in a tent. taught school, etc. She has often been portrayed in the past as a high society woman who could not tolerate the incivilities of the new west. Lohse gives a definite reason for Mrs. Palmer not being able to stay in Colorado – a heart attack at the young age of 30. 

The information on Palmer’s railroad-building was also very interesting and brings out his perseverance with these enormous projects. He was also a great philanthropist - I was surprised to learn that he donated much of his money in person to individuals who had helped him in the past. This is the fourth book I’ve read of Joyce Lohse’s and recommend this and the other’s in the “Now You Know Bio” series.

                                                            -- Christie Wright, History Writer and Researcher