02226nam 2200433 450 991079554820332120230630002751.09781496231215(electronic bk.)9781496229755(MiAaPQ)EBC6839304(Au-PeEL)EBL6839304(CKB)20343309500041(OCoLC)1292354707(EXLCZ)992034330950004120220903d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe last heir the triumphs and tragedies of two Montana families /Bill VaughnLincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (259 pages)Print version: Vaughn, Bill The Last Heir Lincoln : Bison Books,c2022 9781496229755 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.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.Irish AmericansMontanaBiographyMontanaBiographyIrish Americans301.4519162073HIS036140HIS036060bisacshVaughn Bill1948-1502854MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795548203321The last heir3730873UNINA