Dr. Charles David Spivak
A Jewish Immigrant and the American Tuberculosis Movement

by Jeanne Abrams

Part biography, part medical history, and part study of Jewish life in turn-of-the-century America, Jeanne Abrams’s book tells the story of Dr. Charles David Spivak —a Jewish immigrant from Russia who became one of the leaders of the American Tuberculosis Movement.
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The Beast
by Benjamin B. Lindsey

Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey’s exposé of big business’s influence on Colorado and Denver politics, a best seller when it was originally published in 1911, is now back in print. The Beast reveals the plight of working-class Denver citizens—in particular those Denver youths who ended up in Lindsey’s court day after day. These encounters led him to create the juvenile court, one of the first courts in the country set up to deal specifically with young delinquents. In addition, Lindsey exposes the darker side of many well-known figures in Colorado history,...
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