The Last Heir : The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families.
Vaughn, Bill.
The Last Heir : The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages)
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.
9781496231215
Irish Americans-Montana-Biography.
Electronic books.
E184.I6 V384 2022
978.60330922
The Last Heir : The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (259 pages)
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.
9781496231215
Irish Americans-Montana-Biography.
Electronic books.
E184.I6 V384 2022
978.60330922