Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor

by Caroline Bancroft

Book Overview

Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor is a biography written by Caroline Bancroft that chronicles the life of Elizabeth ""Baby Doe"" Tabor. Baby Doe was a prominent figure in the late... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933472218
• ISBN13: 9780933472211
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Johnson Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Rags to Riches to Rags

This book leaves the reader yearning for more detail about some of the other real life characters such as HAW Tabor and his first wife, Augusta. The life of Baby Doe spanned an incredible point in Colorado history and left me searching for more history on the rise and fall of Leadville, Colorado. The book is not long on detail but it is an excellent starting point for further readings.

Unbelievable true story of a fascinating era!

The story involves love, adultery, incredible wealth, scandal- all in the beautiful Rockies. The book will have you hungry for more information about this fascinating woman. Her beauty took her from poverty in the dirty mining town of Leadville to Washington,DC where the President attended her scandalous and much talked about second wedding! She became one of the wealtheast women in the country spending sinful amounts of money.Great photos show her beauty.Would make a great movie. Drew Barrymore could play the part! There is a remarkable resemblence.The writing is unsophisticated but will keep your interest.

Colorful biography of a Colorado lady

After my first visit to the mountains of Colorado, I became fascinated by the legends of the women of the area. Leadville, Colorado is home to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", of Titanic fame, and of the lesser known, but very interesting Baby Doe Tabor. Ms. Tabor was born in Wisconsin and travelled to Colorado with her first husband during the silver rush. After her husband abandoned her, she took her fate into her own hands -- in at brave and pretty respectable way for a lady of the era -- and what happens after that has become legend. Ms. Bancroft's book is an interesting, if subjective, portrayal of Baby Doe Tabor. Much of her material is taken from interviews obtained by a local woman who met with Baby Doe in her later years in Leadville, so the material may seem a bit biased. But, Baby Doe's take on the events of her life are fascinating. I will look into some of the books and places that are mentioned in the book to round out my understanding of this fascinating woman. I can't wait to travel back to Colorado and visit the sites of Baby Doe's life again.