Montana - A Bicentennial History

Montana has a rich story, in which different people have sought both great fortune and modest prosperity. How well they succeeded is part of the story told in this engaging history.

About the author

Clark C. Spence is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a former Fulbright scholar and Guggenheim fellow.

Summary

At three times the size of Pennsylvania, with a county bigger than the whole state of Connecticut, Montana is a large place, once described as "bounded on the west by the Japan current, on the north by the aurora borealis, on the south by Price's Army, and on the east by the Day of Judgement."

Product details

• Authors: Clark C. Spence
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1978
• EAN: 9780393333831
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33383-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Series: States and the Nation; States and the Nation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous