Now back in print <strong>A Tenderfoot in Colorado</strong> is R. B. Townshendas classicaccount of his time in the wild frontier territory known as Colorado. To... » 

Now back in print A Tenderfoot in Colorado is R. B. Townshendas classicaccount of his time in the wild frontier territory known as Colorado. Townshendarrived in the Rockies in 1869 fresh from Cambridge England with 300 in hispockets.He found friends among some of Coloradoas more colorful characters peoplewho taught him much about life on the frontier. Jake Chisolm taught him how toshoot after rescuing him from two men preparing to skin him at poker. Wild Billof Colorado taught him the meaning of the drop and warned him against wearinga gun in town unless he wanted trouble. Capturing the Western vernacular moreaccurately than any other writer Townshend includes vivid details of life inthe West where he killed a buffalo prospected for gold and was present forthe official government conference with the Ute Indians after gold wasdiscovered on their lands. «