Crested Butte : A Novel

Crested Butte : A Novel by Oden, Marilyn Brown. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781890437558.

This gripping story captures the past and catapults it into the present. Unforgettable characters struggle and celebrate against the backdrop of Crested Butte, Colorado history. Miners and coal barons, freighters and bankers, dreamers and dancers enter the drama and struggle through trials and celebrate triumphs. Historical figures play bit parts. Vini is the star. Separated from her protective New Orleans family, Vini steps off the first train into Crested Butte, Colorado. That step jolts her out of the naivete of her seventeen years and into a venture of secrets and survival. Turmoil and twists shake her to the core and ultimately pit her against one of the most powerful men in the country. Set in the trecherous splendour of the Rocky Mountains, the novel reflects a place and a people with indestructible vitality, courage and compassion, honor and integrity.