Bill Vaughn

The Last Heir

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families

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Produktbeschreibung

Bill Vaughn’s work explores the political and economic development of twentieth-century Montana as it was shaped by two families: the Herrins, who were Republican ranchers, and the Burkes, who were Democratic journalists, lawyers, and politicians.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781496229755
• ISBN-10: 1496229754
• Artikelnr.: 62159389

Autorenporträt

Bill Vaughn is a former contributing editor for Outside Magazine. His is the author of Hawthorn: The Tree That Has Nourished, Healed, and Inspired through the Ages.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Preface
1. Without a Trace
2. First-Generation Americans
3. The Migrants
4. The Home Front
5. Girl Reporter
6. Lighting Out for the Territory
7. Wild and Wooly
8. A Man of Means
9. Wool Mania
10. The Water Below and the Air Above
11. In the Grease
12. Under the Swaying Palms
13. For the Love of the Game
14. No Longer the Lazy Crop
15. How to Prosper When Times Are Dark
16. Greener Pastures
17. An Heir Is Born
18. Dark Acres
19. Res Ipsa Loquitur
20. The Last Acre
Appendix 1: The Oxbow Ranch
Appendix 2: The Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Appendix 3: Baertsch v. Baertsch
Notes