The Furry Mountain Monkeys of Aspen Colorado
Language: English
Published by Vince Lahey Apr 2026, 2026
- Hardcover
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Neuware - The Furry Mountain Monkeys of Aspen, Colorado - A Story Rooted in Place and ImaginationThe Furry Mountain Monkeys of Aspen, Colorado lives in the space where real history and quiet myth overlap. The book draws its power from a simple idea: what if the hidden layers of Aspen's past-its forests, its mines, its caves-still held life we never learned to see The story is grounded in the land itself. Long before Aspen became a destination, the area was home to the Ute Indians, whose understanding of the natural world carried a sense of presence and awareness. Aspen groves, with their trembling leaves and eye-like markings in the bark, created the feeling that the forest was alive, attentive, and always watching. That perspective becomes the emotional backdrop of the book-the idea that we are never entirely alone in the natural world.Then came the silver mining years. In the late 1800s, Aspen transformed into a booming industrial town, its mountains carved with tunnels, shafts, and dumps of tailings that still shape the terrain today. Those remnants are not imagined-they are real. The caves exist. The shafts exist. The strange, forgotten pockets inside the mountain exist. The book steps into that reality and asks a question: what else might have found its way inside From that question, the monkeys emerge.They are creatures out of place-small, warm-weather beings living in a world of snow. Their survival is explained through a blend of logic and wonder: a hidden cave, a natural sulfur hot spring, and a closed ecosystem sustained in an unexpected way. Seeds carried from another world take root. Plants grow where they should not. And the monkeys, with their glowing green eyes, provide the light that replaces the sun. Adaptation becomes the quiet engine of the story.Aspen itself followed that same path. When the silver market collapsed, the town faded. Then it found a new identity-one built on snow, movement, and reinvention. It became a skiing mecca, a place where people from all over the world come to move through the same mountains that once held miners and, in this story, something far more hidden. The monkeys adapt. The town adapts. The landscape holds both truths at once.At the center of the story is a moment that shifts everything. A boy, alone and vulnerable, is found by the monkeys. They face a choice: protect their secret or help a stranger. They choose to help. That decision carries risk. It changes nothing about the outside world, yet it changes everything about the one person they save.That moment becomes the quiet question the book leaves behind: When the moment comes, and it always does, do we turn toward someone in need, or do we look away The story never argues. It shows.And somewhere high on the mountain, in the dark after the skiers have gone home, a small flicker of green light still moves through the trees-easy to miss, impossible to forget once you've seen it.…
Seller Inventory # 9798295785788
- Title
- The Furry Mountain Monkeys of Aspen Colorado
- Author
- Vince Lahey
- Publisher
- Vince Lahey Apr 2026
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Buch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798295785788
- Item weight
- 417 grams
- Dimensions
- 279x216x6 mm
Monkeys in Aspen?
Right on Aspen Mountain, hidden inside an abandoned silver mine, lives a troop of furry mountain monkeys with glowing green eyes. Their underground cave is home to hot springs, a lush jungle, and a hidden world no one was ever meant to see.
The furry mountain monkeys save the life of a lost boy who goes with the monkeys, deep into the mountain and allows them to care for him until he is strong enough to return home. When he finally reappears after twelve days missing in the snow, nobody believes his story.
Inspired by real Aspen history, Ute heritage, snow monkey behavior, and the universal need for acceptance, The Furry Mountain Monkeys of Aspen, Colorado has been an Aspen favorite for nearly twenty years.
- An Aspen local best-seller for nearly twenty years
- Fully illustrated in stunning watercolor artwork
- Inspired by real Aspen history and legends
- A magical read-aloud adventure for families
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