The wintry San Juan Mountains provide the backdrop for this tale of one man's struggle against discrimination in a Victorian era Colorado mining town. Lee, a Chinese laundryman, has already been run out of Central City. He desperately wants to avoid the same fate in Silverton, but forces beyond his control conspire against him. Anyone who visits the Four Corners area or rides the Durango and Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad will enjoy this story filled with authentic details of everyday life in the late 19th century West.

Silverton Burning tells the story of Jimmy Bluebird, a part-Indian environmental activist and arsonist hiding from federal authorities in a small mountain town in Southwestern Colorado. Readers are introduced to the history of the area plus a colorful cast of Silverton characters headlined by the San Juan County Sheriff, Marge Winterbottom. The book examines man's relationship with nature and shows what happens when the interests of saving historical structures, deep ecology and big business collide in an atmosphere of political corruption.

In 1994, Robert Boeder completed the Grand Slam of trail ultrarunning finishing four 100 mile trail races in one summer (14 weeks). In this classic first person narrative he describes the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual challenges of completing the Old Dominion 100 Miler, the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, the Leadville Trail 100 and the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run. Boeder lives in Silverton, Colorado, where he runs and writes every day.