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The Last Heir : The Triumphs and Tragedies of Two Montana Families.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781496231215
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Last HeirDDC classification:
  • 978.60330922
LOC classification:
  • E184.I6 V384 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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