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Montana Myths and Legends - Edward Lawrence - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Montana Myths and Legends - Edward Lawrence - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, unidentified flying objects, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Montana Myths and Legends recounts several myths and mysteries from the Big Sky State''s past, verifying some tales from multiple accounts and exposing some stories for what may have really occurred. From a haunted prison in Red Lodge to persistent rumors of bigfoot appearances, from whispered descriptions of the "tommyknockers" who help miners in trouble to a famous union organizer found lynched from a bridge in Butte, this selection of fourteen stories from Montana''s past explores some of the Treasure State''s most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

DKK 165.00
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Lady Rode Bucking Horses - Dee Marvine - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Lady Rode Bucking Horses - Dee Marvine - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

The Lady Rode Bucking Horses depicts an era of the American West when capturing renegade horses from the hills above the homestead served as training ground for extraordinary horsemanship. It documents the life of the outstanding girl who outrode them all at stampedes and roundups and the woman she became, her spirit undaunted throughout a life marked with courage and adventure, triumph and heartache.Born on a Montana homestead in 1887, at the age of two, Fannie Sperry declared "I gonna catch me a white-face horsie." A remarkable woman who became a world champion, she raced thoroughbreds with a women''s relay team known as the Montana Girls, twice won the title of Lady Bucking Horse Champion of the World, rode with Buffalo Bill Cody and other top western performers, became the first woman in the state of Montana to be granted an outfitters license, and was named a charter member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

DKK 171.00
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Seven Montanas - Ednor Therriault - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Seven Montanas - Ednor Therriault - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

The vast space of the American West that has been designated as the state of Montana is such a diverse and varied landscape that it’s been said it could easily be sliced up into several smaller states. And with its smorgasbord of industry, history, culture and the various worldviews held by its residents, getting a bead on Montana’s personality is a challenge. That may be because Montana, in fact, has several fairly distinct personalities. This book examines those personalities, through the lens of seven geographic and cultural regions commonly recognized in the state. While Montanans share a few attitudes and love of the land that attracts them to Big Sky country, it’s the differences between the regions that truly give the state its unique flavor. Through interviews, photos, history and personal observations, Therriault profiles each region and in the process gives a more complete view of the state as a whole. Along the way the reader will learn why some people choose to live where they do, how they view the rest of the state, and what some of the factors are that give each region its singularity.

DKK 229.00
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The Music Lover's Guide to North America - Josephine Matyas - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

The Music Lover's Guide to North America - Josephine Matyas - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Wherever you are, you don’t have to go far in the United States to find world-class music museums and historical sites. Whether in major cities like Nashville, Detroit, and New Orleans or less familiar locales like Hibbing, Minnesota (the birthplace of Bob Dylan) or Bozeman, Montana (home of the Gibson Guitar Company), the riches of the nation’s musical heritage are available to everyone from newbie tourists to veteran road-trippers. Tangled Roots is the first guidebook of its kind, focused on the best music museums and other points of interest between the Atlantic and the Pacific. In addition to practical information it provides fascinating background on the history, culture, geography, and politics of the United States, and covers everything from major destinations like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to festivals, signature instrument shops, driving and walking tours, and more.

DKK 192.00
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Good Time Girls of the Rocky Mountains - Jan Mackell Collins - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Good Time Girls of the Rocky Mountains - Jan Mackell Collins - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

While settlers were drawn out West by the often empty promises of the Gold Rush, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountain region. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho all had their share of working girls and madams like Dell Burke and Annie “Peg Leg” McIntyre who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.

DKK 182.00
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Heart of the Trail - Mary Barmeyer O'brien - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Heart of the Trail - Mary Barmeyer O'brien - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Updated and expanded for its twentieth anniversary—the beloved book that tells the stories of the women who traveled West. In Heart of the Trail Mary Barmeyer O''Brien beautifully captures the triumphs and tribulations of women who crossed the American frontier by wagon during the great Western migration of the mid nineteenth century. While their stories are widely different, each of these remarkable women was inspiring, courageous, and resourceful. From the successes of mountaineer Julia Anna Archibald to the grueling trials of Mary Powers, these stories reflect the adventure and hardship experienced by the thousands of women who took to the trails. The legacy of their letters and diaries, most written on the trail, is a fascinating addition to understanding the history of the West.Mary Barmeyer O''Brien’s books on the pioneer experience include The Promise of the West; Jeannette Rankin: Bright Star in the Big Sky; Outlasting the Trail: The Story of a Woman''s Journey West; May: The Hard-Rock Life of Pioneer May Arkwright Hutton; and Across Death Valley. She lives in Polson, Montana.

DKK 165.00
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Calamity Jane - D. J. Herda - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Calamity Jane - D. J. Herda - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Young Martha Jane Cannary began life as a camp follower and street urchin. Parentless by the age of twelve, she morphed into the mother of two who just as often took employment as a waitress, laundress, or dance hall girl as she did an Indian scout or bullwhacker. Just as likely to wear a dress as she was buckskins, she was impossible to ignore no matter what she wore, particularly after she’d had a few drinks! And she shamelessly parlayed into a legend the aura of fame that Edward L. Wheeler’s dime novels crafted around her. Perhaps most amazing of all, in an era where women had few options in life, Calamity Jane had the audacity to carve them out for herself. The gun-toting, tough-talking, hard-drinking woman was all Western America come to life. Flowing across the untamed small towns and empty spaces of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana like the wild running rivers of the American West, she helped create the legend of Calamity Jane from scratch. Part carnie barker, part actor, part sexually alluring siren, part drunken lout--she was all of these and much more.

DKK 173.00
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Cowgirl Up! - Heidi Thomas - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Cowgirl Up! - Heidi Thomas - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

When someone says "Cowgirl Up!" it means rise to the occasion, don''t give up, and do it all without whining or complaining. And the cowgirls of the early twentieth century did it all, just like the men, only wearing skirts and sometimes with a baby waiting behind the chutes. Women learned to rope and ride out of necessity, helping their fathers, brothers, and husbands with the ranch work. But for some women, it went further than that. They caught the fever of freedom, the thirst for adrenaline, and the thrill of competition, and many started their rodeo careers as early as age fourteen. From Alice and Margie Greenough of Red Lodge, whose father told them "If you can''t ride ''em, walk," to Jane Burnett Smith of Gilt Edge who sneaked off to ride in rodeos at age eleven, women made wide inroads into the masculine world of rodeo. Montana boasts its share of women who "busted broncs" and broke ranks in the macho world of rodeo during the early to mid-1900s. Cowgirl Up! is the history of these cowgirls, their courage, and their accomplishments.

DKK 165.00
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The Future Is Not Fixed - - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

The Future Is Not Fixed - - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

What might an equitable, sustainable, decarbonized, and just society look like? What if the concept of a Green New Deal—a policy platform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also addressing interwoven societal problems like economic inequality and racial injustice—could become reality? The fifty plays in this anthology were commissioned for Climate Change Theatre Action 2021, a global participatory theatre festival that brings communities together around climate justice and climate change issues. Fifty playwrights representing all inhabited continents, with a wide range of styles and perspectives, were commissioned to write a five-minute play under the theme "Envisioning a Global Green New Deal." These plays were then available to anyone interested in presenting an event in their community between September 18–December 19, 2021. Events could take different forms from intimate readings in classrooms to staged productions with extensive sets and props—and everything in between. In the past, venues have included parks, churches, schools, libraries, backyards, community centers, yoga studios, cafes, bars, street corners, and the foot of glaciers. Events have been seen by audiences as diverse as wastewater and water treatment workers in Montana; homeless youth in London; refugees in Denmark; kids in New York City, Iran, and Nigeria; faith communities in Washington State; unsuspecting passersby in Brazil, New Zealand, and the UK; and lots of university students in every corner of the world.

DKK 173.00
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Through Glacier Park - Mary Roberts Rinehart - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

Through Glacier Park - Mary Roberts Rinehart - Bog - Globe Pequot Press - Plusbog.dk

“The lure of the high places is in your blood. The call of the mountains is a real call. The veneer, after all, is so thin. Throw off the impedimenta of civilization, the telephones, the silly conventions, the lies that pass for truth. Go out to the West. Ride slowly, not to startle the wild things. Throw out your chest and breathe; look across green valleys to wild peaks where mountain sheep stand impassive on the edge of space. Let the summer rains fall on your upturned face and wash away the memory of all that is false and petty and cruel. Then the mountains will get you. You will go back. The call is a real call.” So wrote Mary Roberts Rinehart in her famous travelogue, Through Glacier Park, first published in 1916, as the already famous mystery writer introduced readers to recently minted national park and to the scenic wonders of Montana and to the adventures to be found there. Howard Eaton, an intrepid guide who had become known for his Yellowstone experience, had convinced Rinehart to make the trek to the West. Traveling three hundred miles on horseback with a group of more than forty assorted tourists of all shapes and sizes, she took in her fellow travelers, the scenery, and the travel itself with all the style and aplomb and humor of the talented fiction writer and journalist she was—and her words remain fresh and entertaining to this day.

DKK 156.00
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