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

• Autore: Vaughn Bill <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 pages)
• Disciplina: 301.4519162073
• Soggetto topico: Irish Americans - Montana
• Soggetto geografico: Montana Biography
• Classificazione: HIS036140HIS036060
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The last heir
• ISBN: 9781496231215; 9781496229755
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795548203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II