"Klucas makes even the drab characters as bright as the river."
-Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
Set amidst historic mining streets and the highest Rocky Mountains and filled with characters that could populate a novel, Leadville illustrates the environmental challenges we face in deciding what to clean up, who pays for it, and how much risk to our health we are willing to accept.
Winner of the Barbara Sudler Award
Oregon Book Award finalist
"(Klucas) is a gifted storyteller and researcher whose telling of a controversy largely unnoticed by the outside world is riveting and will leave readers wondering which side to root for."
Denver Post
"Klucas accomplishes the almost impossible task of making thickets of environmental science, politics and litigation come alive."
Publishers Weekly
"Leadville is the most fascinating study on cross-cultural relations in the United States in quite some time."
–Urbana.org