John Denver: Man for the World

John Denver was one of the most popular performing artists of the 1970's. He released more than three hundred songs, composing about half of them himself. Denver hosted a television series and performed in movies.

He was named 'Poet Laureate of Colorado' in 1977 and his song Rocky Mountain High was named as a state song for Colorado in March 2007.

John Denver used his musical talents to make the world a better place. He expressed his belief in the power of music this way-

"Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics, or the expression of our love and faith, music proves we are the same."

Author: John Stansfield
Publisher: Filter Press
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 116
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9780865410886

About the Author
Stansfield, John: - For more than thirty years, storyteller and author John Stansfield has recounted stories of notable people from Colorado history. His book Writers of the American West: Multicultural Learning Encounters (Teacher Ideas Press, 2002) earned a Colorado Authors' League Award and was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. He previously wrote Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist (Filter Press, 2005) for the Now YouKnow Bio series. Stansfield presents a one-man show reenacting the life of Enos Mills.He teaches storytelling as a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. John spends his spare time working to protect Colorado's wild places. For these efforts, the Wilderness Society presented him an Environmental Heroes Award in2004. He and his wife, Carol, live in Larkspur, Colorado, on the high divide between the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.