Montana Books

Maggie and Jackson are great characters. Strong and stubborn but very likable. The Montana Mavericks series in wonderful. Enjoyed this book very much.

Just barely made a 5 Star - Too much PMS filler.
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Jackson Hawk, 36, is the tribal lawyer and covering for his Uncle Frank on the council of the Northern Cheyenne. They all live on the Laughing Horse Reservation. Just 30 miles from Whitehorn, Montana. His marriage to Nancy ended four years ago.

Maggie Schaeffer, 27, is also a Native American but has lived all of her life in the white man's world. She does excellent research for Congressman William C. Baldwin in D.C.

Baldwin is being pressured by Jeremiah Kincaid to gain, the Whitehorn Cattleman's Association, the grazing rights once again from the Northern Cheyenne. Nasty pressure.
In the meantime Hawk asks his friend, Benny Gonzalas, in D.C. to find out what he can about Maggie, as he doesn't trust her boss, Baldwin. Baldwin must be up to something.

Then George Sweetwater, a rascally hunter, found what looked like human remains on the rez.
Mary Jo Kincaid, Dugan's wife volunteers to work with the children. What is she up to? She shows a morbid interest in the human remains.

Sara Lewis - the curator of the North American Museum in Whitehorn, holds classes for some of the younger kids. She befriends Maggie when she needs a place to stay.
Maggie and her white stepfather help get the kids computers to help them graduate. This upsets Hawk yet they still tumble into bed.
Maggie finally meets her grandmother, Annie and Aunt Rose. It takes Aunt Rose to reveal Maggie's mothers secret.

Would you believe Jeremiah Kincaid dies? And Maggie does bring down Baldwin.

DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED -PMS --- Characters just keep rolling into the stories ---- Sheriff Judd Hensley and Tracy Roper's story is up next in The Once and Future Wife

Smoke Wars: Anaconda Copper, Montana Air Pollution, And The Courts 1890-1920 is an exhaustive environmental history of the copper mining and smelting communities of Butte and Anaconda, Montana, which today constitutes the largest Superfund cleanup site in the United States. Historian Donald MacMillan begins with the fight in Butte in 1890 to abolish heap roasting (a process that created dense clouds of low-lying, noxious smoke and caused death rates in Butte to exceed those of New York City in the 18803). Smelting in Anaconda led to the second phase of the "smoke wars" with livestock and crops dying from the exposure to the arsenic and sulphur dioxide released from the tall stacks of the Anaconda Reduction Works. Then the Federal Government finally stepped in to protest the damage to the national forest by uncontrolled toxic emissions. Smoke Wars is an impressively researched, accessibly written, highly recommended, landmark study of the issues of corporate responsibility, the rights of citizens, the costs of industrialization, and the relative value of the environment -- all of which are elements in today's continuing national debate over the needs of mining and manufacturing with those of the environment and public health.

Smoke Wars: Anaconda Copper, Montana Air Pollution, And The Courts, 1890-1920 was originally Montana Historian Donald MacMillan's Ph.D. dissertation. When MacMillan died in 1996, his dissertation was published posthumously with the addition of an introduction by William L. Lang (Director, Center for Columbia River History, Washington State Historical Society, Washington State University-Vancouver. Now brought back into print by the Montana Historical Society Press, Smoke Wars begins in the 1880s when copper companies in Butte processed ore by roasting it in open-air heaps and created dense clouds of low-lying, noxious smoke. MacMillan vividly depicts the history and effects of this technology upon the surrounding community and includes a narrative of a visit to butte in 1885 by Granville Stuart, one of Montana's early pioneers and a visiting dignitary from England, who gave an eye-witness account of what he saw. This is also the story of citizens banding together to fight the polluting activities of the Amalgamated Copper Company, and the legal and publicity battles that ensued for years. This 304 page history is enhanced with three maps and six illustrations and is a highly recommended contribution to American History and Environmental Studies supplemental reading lists and reference collections. Smoke Wars is also available in a hardcover edition (091729862-4, ...).

Baumler is an interpretive historian for the Montana Historical Society, and she brings her professional credentials and storytelling ability to create what has become a very popular book here in Montana. Baumler travels around the state, and people tell her their stories, which she takes further through historical research. The sites covered in "Spirit Tailings" include:

Virginia City: Tollhouse ruins in Meadow Valley; Boot Hill and Hillside Cemeteries; House on Cover Street; Elling House; Bonanza House and Bonanza Inn; Episcopal Church; Lightning Splitter (house); Bennett House Country Inn; Gohn House.

Nevada City (only a few miles from Virginia City): Cabin #5; Nevada City Hotel

Butte: The underground mines; Anaconda Hill; Speculator Mine/Granite Mountain shaft; Quartz Street Fire Station (now Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives); Metals Bank Building; Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse and Jail; Forsythe house; Maury house; Dumas Hotel/Brothel; East 2nd Street house

Helena: Grassy slope near Public Library (story of John Denn); Robinson Park/Sixth Ward Old Catholic Cemetery; Mamie's Bells (Cathedral; Resurrection Cemetery; Zastrow House; Lenox Addition house; Pioneer Cabin and Reeder's Alley; 10th Avenue rowhouse; Grandstreet Theater; Tatem House; Montana Club and Rathskeller; and even Baumler's own home in Helena has had paranormal happenings!

A great collection of Montana stories, not to be missed!

Spirit Tailings recounts tales of hauntings in three of Montana's mining towns. The author, a historical researcher, has done considerable investigation into the background of the hauntings. Not content with legend, she has sought out present-day witnesses wherever possible, and also recounts her own eerie experiences in some of the buildings. Well-written and at times absolutely chilling!

Touchdown!! What an 11 yard touchdown to wide receiver Dwight Clark! The crowd goes wild for the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers have beaten the cowboys by an amazing catch by Clark. This book, Joe Montana, was written by Jack Kavangh and is a biography about this famous football player. It's a good book for people who like sports. I recommend it especially for football fans.
When Joe Montana was in college he was a star. He was measured as a winning quarter back. He never lost a Super Bowl and never used only one player in a game. Joe Montana was a team player; he got everybody in the game and encouraged others to do well. I was inspired by his work and his talent. He led the 49ers to four Super Bowls and was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XVI and XXIV. After these wins, I wanted to know if he had bad times in his career.
Joe went to Ringgold high school and played three different sports. He played basketball, baseball, and football. He was a star in all three sports. I was amazed at this. This success shows that you can do what you want to do. That made Joe Montana an athlete and in shape to play any sport. His parents had pushed him in to sports to get a scholarship. Soon he did and went to Notre Dame University with a full scholarship in athletics.
In Notre Dame he was a star in football. As a freshman he made the varsity team, making him the first freshman ever to make varsity at Notre Dame. I was most inspired by this success. Playing as quarterback, Joe Montana felt he had to win every game. He even won the 1979 Cotton Bowl. After college, was the NFL for Joe Montana? He was drafted in the 3rd round to the 49ers. He had sickness problems through out seasons and games. Joe even missed one full season because he had a bad illness. But Joe Montana persevered and brought the 49ers to four Super Bowls wins. Joe Montana was a star in high school, college, and in the NFL. I think Joe Montana is a role model to kids who have big dreams like he had.
Jack Kavangh writes a good biography about Joe Montana. This book expresses how Joe Montana is and the author includes great details about his life. Joe Montana is a great book and I also recommend it to people who are looking for a role model. If I was amazed, you will be to.

Sports Great,
Joe Montana

The Novel, Sports Great Joe Montana, by Jack Kavanah, is a 64-page book about a professional quarterback, who plays football for the San Francisco 49ers. Joe went to college at the University of Notre Dame. He there played football for the Fightin' Irish.
At the end of the freezing cold Cotton Bowl, in Houston Texas, Joe finished his final football game for the Notre Dame Fightin' Irish in his senior year in 1979.
When Joe's college career came to an end, he was literally sick of the cold weather, so he thought about moving to Southern California, for it's warmth. A year later, Joe was so fed up with the cold he actually did move all the way from South Ben, Indiana, to San Francisco, California.
Joe knew that when he moved to California, he was supposed to be taking a break from sports, but in a matter of days, Joe figured he just couldn't get enough football! That's where the undoubtedle dream of making the team for being drafted for the 49ers began.
When the brand new football season began, Joe went out for the professional game with the San Francisco 49ers.
Joe's NFL season began as a rookie, as every on else's did. The famous Notre Dame quarterback, college boy Joe Montana, also known as the "Comeback Kid," was now the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, in his first season.
In July of 1980, Joe had his first pro game against the Buffalo Bills, in Buffalo, New York. That game the 49ers trampled over the Bills, and just burnt them out!
In the year 1990, it was time for Joe's last game to come... in the Super Bowl! Against the Jets, the 49ers came to their victory, and beat the Jets. There, Joe's season, and first and final "fare well" speech approached everyone watching the spectacular game.
Joe Montana, of the San Francisco 49ers, and Notre Dame Fightin' Irish led them to some of their best seasons and games ever. He retired March of 1991.

By: E.L.T.

This book was originally written by my Great-grandfather, Robert Vaughn, who came to this country from Wales. He wrote the book for his daughter, Arvonia Elizabeth Vaughn Sprague. The original book is extremely interesting, as it gives a very graphic view of what life was like in Montana during the latter part of the 1800s. I am intentionally spelling Vaughn this way because it was altered when he was getting a title for some land that he purchased. In Robert Vaughn's original book, the spelling of his name is the same throughout the book. I have not read Walter's reprint of Robert Vaughn's book, but the incorrect spelling of Vaughn's name and the fact that none of the descendents of Robert Vaughn were ever consulted about this book raises concerns about the accuracy of this book. My rating reflects the quality of the original book.

This book was originally written by my great-grandfather Robert Vaughn who came to this country from Wales. He wrote the book for his daughter, Arvonia Elizabeth Vaughn Sprague. The original book is extremely interesting, as it gives a very graphic view of what life was like in Montana during the latter part of the 1800s. I am intentionally spelling Vaughn this way because it was altered when he was getting a title for some land that he purchased. In Robert Vaughn's original book, the spelling of his name is the same throughout the book. I have not read Walter's reprint of Robert Vaughn's book, but the incorrect spelling of Vaughn's name and the fact that none of the descendents of Robert Vaughn were ever consulted about this book raises concerns about the accuracy of this book. My rating reflects the quality of the original book.

I have read this book several times now, and each time it's better than I remember it from before. It is every bit a worthy successor to "Bladerunner" - intensely bittersweet, evocative, masterfully written, a work of art in words. The plot may SEEM familiar but it's full of twists, turns and revelations that there's no comparing it closely to any other story I know of. The characters are BRILLIANTLY done - by the time you're finished reading it, you'll know how they think and what drives them probably better than you know your co-workers. Their motivations, actions, thoughts, histories, hopes and regrets are perfectly believable, and when they hurt or rejoice, you can't help but feel the same right along with them. Buy this book, it is the ULTIMATE "cyberpunk" book and better than anything even William Gibson or Bruce Sterling could write (and I'm fans of both those authors as well.)

I have read this book several times now, and each time it's better than I remember it from before. It is every bit a worthy successor to "Bladerunner" - intensely bittersweet, evocative, masterfully written, a work of art in words. The plot may SEEM familiar but it's full of twists, turns and revelations that there's no comparing it closely to any other story I know of. The characters are BRILLIANTLY done - by the time you're finished reading it, you'll know how they think and what drives them probably better than you know your co-workers. Their motivations, actions, thoughts, histories, hopes and regrets are perfectly believable, and when they hurt or rejoice, you can't help but feel the same right along with them. Buy this book, it is the ULTIMATE "cyberpunk" book and better than anything even William Gibson or Bruce Sterling could write (and I'm fans of both those authors as well.)

These are great reference maps for generalized recreational activities. Not as detailed as a topo map, but still packed full of outstanding information. I have one for every state and I don't leave home with out them. An improvement over simple highway maps.

We have traveled through the western states using these maps, and they are good on road and off road. The information is up to date, easy to read and useful. Highly recommended for travelers of all types.

Last summer while using this book as our guide, we trailered from MN 3 babies (horses), two dogs, and one teenager. We had the vacation of a lifetime. We rode for two weeks, 6-8 different trails at 5 different locations. Very accurate descriptions for trail difficulty, trailheads and what you will see.

We even met a couple that had contributed a couple rides to help create the book - they autographed our copy 8-)).

We are returning this year with Ray, our mule, to pack in to the Chinese Wall. That is the only thing they don't tell you in this book. You ride to the very edge and have to turn around a go back to camp. Quite the tease for folks who want to get away from everything.

Congratulations Ms. Barnett & MT Horsemen for working together and putting such a great resource in our hands. Now if we could only get a similar book for CO, ID, UT . . .

Anyone living in Montana and owning a horse should have a copy of this wonderful trail guide. It is explicit in describing the trails.. how to get there... what time of year to go...what to take...what regulations apply....everything!!

If you live locally in the Flathead Valley in Montana you can find this book at North Valley Ag Center and Westrends. If you have a copy that is unsigned, you can call Carellen at 406-892-5877 and she will sign it for you. And help you plan you horseback trip.

A great book! Humorous, adventurous, easy to read and hard to put down. A historical look at what a mid 20th century ranch veterinarian went through to make ends meet. It should be required reading for large animal practicioners, students or anyone who has an interest in ranch vetting.

I found out about this book when I took a class taught by Rib's son, Sid, who is also a veterinarian.

WONDERFUL BOOK -- funny, true-- great!

I know the authors personally, and have worked with them over a number of years to achieve profound levels of self-knowledge and significant personal transformation.

This book is worth buying just for the brilliant recognition that everyone functions through the four archetypes of Father, Mother, Boychild and Girlchild within the four levels of being: spiritual (superconscious), mental (conscious), emotional (subconscious) and physical (unconscious).

You might think of this work as combining the best of Jung, inner child work, James Redfield (control dramas), typology, integral psychology, plus the authors many unique and powerful contributions to the field of self-knowledge.

Many previous writings on the inner child missed one or more of the key ideas that the child self is divided into a Boychild and a Girlchild, that our adult self is both Father and Mother, and that all four selves have distinctly different loving and unloving aspects. Further, while most previous typology work (Myers-Briggs, DISC, INSIGHTS, etc.) identify 4 orthogonal attributes of personality related to our conscious and perhaps subconscious minds, this is the first typology I am aware of that can accurately characterize our superconscious and unconscious selves as well.

This work tied it all together for me to recognize that we have four faces (levels of consciousness) we present to the world -- and that each of those faces has the stamp of a particular archetype. Perhaps most importantly this book gives us tools for self-transformation. One of the most profound tools for me over the years has been a journaling technique (the dialogs), which enable you to directly experience your own inner loving archetypes and free yourself from the limitation of the archetypal combination you have inherited.

The next 4 paragraphs summarize the four archetypes in the four levels of consciousness as I understand them. If you don't care for detail, thanks for reading thus far and skip to the last paragraph.

Our superconscious archetype gives us a lens through which we see God and it defines our highest aspirations. If you function through the superconscious Father archetype, you see God as the lawgiver, the great architect of the Universe -- the Mosaic God (or the big bang), and you aspire to discipline, rules, order and structure. If I function through superconscious Boychild I see God as the savior or the warrior, and I aspire to be a great actor on the stage of life. If we function through the superconscious Mother archetype, then we see God as the unconditionally loving Divine Mother, and we aspire to nurture, teach, and guide all home. As is the case for me, the superconscious Girlchild archetype has me aspiring to God as the Holy Spirit, the ineffable indescribable mystery behind all life - seeking to convert and be converted.

Our conscious archetype is how we think, and is the archetype that we function through most of the time. If you are one of the very few who function through a conscious Father archetype, you are far-seeing, strategic, powerful -- an impersonal impersonality. If I function through conscious Boychild, I tend to be dynamic, gregarious, competitive, charming - I want to know how to do it so I can go forth and conquer as the impersonal personality. If we function through conscious Mother then we write really long book reviews, loving to teach and explain the who, what, where, when, and why of things as the personal personality. Conscious Girlchild types tend to be highly creative, right-brained, non-linear and not entirely grounded in the time-space continuum - functioning as the personal impersonality. Father speaks using the word "you", Boychild "I", Mother "we", and Girlchild "me".

Our subconscious archetype is how we feel. Lots of our inherited family stuff resides here, and it doesn't all smell like roses. Subconscious Father types can be tough as nails emotionally, having to overcome the unloving aspects of criticism and condemnation of others, which emanates from criticism and condemnation of self. Subconscious Boychild types are resilient as well, with the false idea that there is not enough love to go around - leading to competition and the need to control. At their best, subconscious Mother types can be warm and personal, but often they feel disconnected emotionally from themselves and others. Subconscious Girlchild types can be almost psychic in their emotional sensitivity to others, which also makes them prone to being victims.

Our unconscious archetype corresponds with our physical body, our fight/flight survival programs. It is that part of us that we deny in our own selves and project out onto others. It is a place of absolute light and darkness, and it is sealed from our conscious awareness. Unconscious Father types attract criticism from others, when deep down they are their own worst critic - often holding shame and hatred for their own bodies. Those with unconscious Boychild unknowingly control and compete with everyone while thinking they are superior to those conscious Boychild types who are more direct about it. Unconscious Mother types see the wisdom of others as a threat, and reject it while constantly attracting those who try to illumine their ignorance. Unconscious Girlchild types cannot stand those "flaky" Girlchild people that seem to always gravitate to them, cutting off to their own detriment the positive sensitive transcendent qualities that Girlchild represents.

The authors list the many archetypal combinations we function through and show how we can transcend the unloving archetypes to bring forth our loving authentic self in any situation. This book lays down the foundation tracks of the inner family archetype work, and is only a fraction of what is to come. A good source of additional information is their web site: http://www.innerfamilyarchetypes.com. Personal counseling and seminars from the authors are also a highly recommended adjunct to the book. I have no financial interest in their organization at this time.

The principles of this book are timeless. It offers highly valuable tools for being more authentic and loving with oneself and with others.