Christian J. Buys
5 books in the catalogue, published 2002 to 2004.
Christian J. Buys is the name behind five books in the Western Reflections catalogue, all of them about Colorado's mining past. They include histories of Leadville and Telluride, a photographic book on Leadville, a collection of nineteenth-century illustrations and the journals of Charles S. Armstrong. Four carry publication years between 2000 and 2004. We know him through these books, and we have found no verified biography.
About Christian J. Buys
We know Christian J. Buys through his books. A search of library and bookseller records turned up his name beside the Armstrong journals and the Leadville and Telluride books, but no biography we could check against a trustworthy source. We would rather leave the personal story blank than fill it with guesses.
What the books do tell us is where his attention goes. They gather the visible and written record of a few Colorado places: rare photographs and drawings of Leadville, over 250 illustrations of nineteenth-century Colorado, a short history of each of two mining towns, and the diary of one ordinary man who travelled from Arkport, New York to Aspen. If you know more about him, write to us through the contact page and we will consider adding it with a source.
Books
Lost Journals of Charles S. Armstrong
The diaries of a young man who went from Arkport, New York to Aspen, Colorado between 1867 and 1894, kept as daily life in an extraordinary place and time.
A Quick History of Leadville
A 104 page history of Leadville from the 1860s to the present, taking in the Tabors, the ice palace, strikes, Camp Hale and the EPA cleanup.
A Brief History of Telluride
A short 2003 history that tells Telluride's story through Lucien Nunn, Bulkeley Wells and Charles Waggoner rather than through dates alone.
Historic Leadville in Rare Photographs and Drawings
Rare photographs and drawings of Leadville, from shopfronts and headframes to the people standing in front of them.
Illustrations of Historic Colorado
More than 250 nineteenth-century illustrations of Colorado, showing mountain men, prospectors and boom towns, along with the biases of the artists.
What the books share
Buys returns to the same ground in every book: the mining towns of Colorado and the images and voices that survive from them. Two books are short histories, one on Leadville and one on Telluride, each built around people such as the Tabors, Lucien Nunn and Bulkeley Wells. Two more are picture collections, one of Leadville and one of nineteenth-century Colorado, and the fifth is a diary. Together they let you read a place, see it and hear one person talk about living in it.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
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