Montana-The Gold Frontier
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0911436030 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 293 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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His best seller, Stay Away, Joe, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and the basis for the Broadway musical, Whoop-Up. It also became an MGM motion picture starring Elvis Presley. His awards include the Western Writers of America Spur Award for his novel The Silver Mountain and the H.G.Merriam Award for distinguished contributions to Montana literature. Cushman currently resides in Great Falls, Montana. Mr. Dan Cushman is the
Not just another rehash of old vigilante hangings. The whole story of the Montana goldfields-Wild frontier days of hardship and sudden fortune. No Western bookshelf can be complete without Montana-The Gold Frontier.. Turbulent,exciting, and filled with facts. The well-known story and more is brought together for the first time, much never printed before
His best seller, Stay Away, Joe, was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and the basis for the Broadway musical, Whoop-Up. He has also authored several pieces of non-fiction which include Montana-The Gold Frontier and The Great North Trail. Mr. Cushman currently resides in Great Falls, Montana. About the Author Dan Cushman is the author of over thirty novels. His awards include the Western Writers of America Spur Award for his novel The Silver Mountain and the H.G.Merriam Award for distinguished contributions to Montana literature. It also became an MGM motion picture starring Elvis Presley. He has also received the Governors Humanities Award from the Montana Committee for the Humanities.
Richard He Rides said A MORE COMPLETE STORY WAS NEVER TOLD. Dan Cushman was part historian, part prospector, part geologist and100% story teller. Read this book with the Montana Gazetteer open in your lap as a reference tool to verify which gulch the next group of hardscrabble prospectors are going to hit paydirt! He covers it all: from discovery to claim jumpers to shootouts and does so in a great narrative. Good history.Cushman grew up in the part of Montana where it all started and listened to old timers tell their stories. He . Amazon Customer said Good book. The book is very nice and has a personal handsign in it from the author.. "Five Stars" according to michael p kenny. Good book