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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795548203321

Autore

Vaughn Bill <1948->

Titolo

The last heir : the triumphs and tragedies of two Montana families / / Bill Vaughn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781496231215

9781496229755

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Classificazione

HIS036140HIS036060

Disciplina

301.4519162073

Soggetti

Irish Americans - Montana

Montana Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 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 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

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.