Legislative and Biographical Compendium of Colorado

The Shelf2life History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history. From the initial westward migration, to exploration and development of the American West to daily life in the West and intimate pictures of the people who inhabited it, this collection offers American West enthusiasts a new glimpse at some forgotten treasures of American culture. Encompassing genres such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, tourist guides, biographies and drama, this collection provides a new window to the legend and realities of the American West.

Kate Atkinson has won several prizes for her short stories. Her first novel, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Award and was then chosen as the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year. Her critically acclaimed second novel was "Human Croquet.