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It Happened in Montana.
Author James A. Crutchfield has mined thirty-seven of the most colorful episodes from Montana's provocative past--from the first glimpse of French explorers of the ""Shining Mountains"" in 1743 to the attempt to round up the wild horses of the Pryor Mountains
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Blue Ridge Summit :
TwoDot,
2016.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
| Colección: | It Happened in the West.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PREFACE; A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE SHINING MOUNTAINS; LEWIS'S CONFRONTATION WITH THE BLACKFEET; JOHN COLTER'S SPRINT FOR LIFE; THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF A FUR COMPANY; MIKE FINK: A Rowdy at Henr y's Fort; PRINCE MAXIMILIAN: Tourist Royale; FATHER DeSMET'S CHAPEL IN THE PINES; LIVER-EATING JOHNSTON'S GRUESOME REVENGE; CRAZY WOMAN MORGAN AND THE MASSACRE; FORT BENTON: Mecca on the Upper Missouri; THE GOLDEN CORNERSTONE; BLOOD ON THE BOZEMAN TRAIL; THE INNOCENTS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE; JIM BECKWOURTH: Adopted Son of the Crows; SHOOT-OUT IN THE HAY FIELDS.
- POINTING THEM NORTH ON THE TEXAS TRAILKING COPPER; A SIOUX CHIEF'S ACCOUNT OF CUSTER'S LAST STAND; "I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER"; THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BUFFALO; THE HARD WINTER; "LADY" CAMERON: Montana Photographer; BICYCLES VS. HORSES: Providing Transportation for the US Army; THE BIRTH OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; SHELBY'S DAY OF GLORY; CHARLIE RUSSELL: Cowboy Artist Extraordinaire; PLENTY COUPS: Chief of the Crows; SMOKEJUMPERS TO THE RESCUE; FROM MONTANA TO HOLLYWOOD; JEANNETTE RANKIN: A Dove in Congress; WILL JAMES: Montana's Mystery Man; THE KILLER QUAKE.
- THE WILD HORSES OF THE PRYOR MOUNTAINSTHE CENTENNIAL CATTLE DRIVE; A.B. GUTHRIE: Literar y Giant; THE CAPTURE OF THE UNABOMBER; TRACKING EARLY HUMANS IN MONTANA; MONTANA FAC T S & TRIVIA; FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.