"Lohse has written a succinct and enjoyable history of what is perhaps the greatest rags-to-riches-to-rags story in the American West--how Baby Doe Tabor became the Matchless Silver Queen."

- Robert E. Hartzell, Executive Director,

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum

"In Baby Doe Tabor: Matchless Silver Queen, Joyce Lohse has accomplished something remarkable. She has retold Colorado history's most famous soap opera in terms appropriate for all ages and has also presented the notorious Baby Doe as a sympathetic character. Rare is the biography that neither demonizes nor romanticizes Elizabeth Tabor. By focusing on her determination and her devotion to her family, Lohse humanizes this often misrepresented folk heroine."

- Debra Faulkner, Author, Brown Palace Hotel Historian, Metropolitan State College of Denver faculty

"Joyce Lohse gives us a refreshing look into the controversial life of Elizabeth Bonduel Doe Tabor. She leads us through Lizzie's life from childhood to her lonely death in a cabin at her beloved Matchless Mine. A most interesting read!"

- Janice Fox, Local History Coordinator, Lake County Public Library, Leadville, CO