Description: Out Where the West Begins profiles some fifty bold innovators and entrepreneurs -- individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody--tracing the arcs of their lives, exploring their backgrounds and motivations, identifying their contributions, and analyzing the strategies they developed to succeed in their chosen fields.
Brief description: Thomas J. Noel is Professor of History and Director of Public History, Preservation, and Colorado Studies at University of Colorado Denver. He appears regularly on Denver's Channel 9 (NBC) as "Dr. Colorado," writes a Sunday Denver Post column, and is the author or coauthor of more than 40 books, including Colorado: A History of the Centennial State (coauthored with Carl Abbott and Steve Leonard) and Colorado: A Liquid History and Tavern Guide to the Highest State.
Review Quotes: "Anschutz's heroes were the business leaders who built the American West and his book, "Out Where the West Begins," pays them homage in a series of easily digestible profiles.... to this extraordinary collection of individuals we owe the West as it is today. This is a book to stoke the imagination of any young person wondering where economic opportunity is to be found and how it is to be pursued. Hint: It's not in the halls of government."--Wall Street Journal