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Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People, and Place
A rich and varied tapestry, Montana Legacy looks at the people, cultures, places, and events that shaped present-day Montana from Plentywood to Butte, Great Falls to Virginia City, and Billings to Browning. Designed to make readers think about Montana history in a new way, this anthology features 16 essays chosen for their relevance, readability, and scholarship.
The volume's editors--all well-known Montana historians--carefully selected topics, from the fur trade to power deregulation, that range across two centuries and expose Montana's cultural and geographical diversity.
The volume's editors--all well-known Montana historians--carefully selected topics, from the fur trade to power deregulation, that range across two centuries and expose Montana's cultural and geographical diversity.
320 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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About the author
Harry W. Fritz
7 booksHarry William Fritz is a professor of History at the University of Montana and former Montana State Senator.
Harry Fritz has taught a wide variety of courses in American history, including "United States History to the Civil War," "The Colonial and Revolutionary Experience to 1815," "The Age of Jefferson 1789-1815," "Afro-Americans to Emancipation," "Lewis and Clark in Montana," "The Marias River and Montana History," and "The Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Historic Trail."
His thirty-odd publications include several books, such as Montana: Land of Contrasts (Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publishing Co., 1984), and essays such as "The Origins of Twenty-first-Century Montana," published in Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Winter 1992) and reprinted in Robert R. Swartout, Jr. and Harry W. Fritz, eds., The Montana Heritage: An Anthology of Historical Essays (Helena: MHS Press, 1992).
His other writings include "Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Discovery of Montana," for the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation's 16th Annual Convention, and published as WPO Publications No. 8 (November 1984); "The Underside of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Travail of Meriwether Lewis," for the Southern Historical Association in Houston, TX (1985); and "The Bow of Ulysses: Presidential Leadership Under Jefferson and Madison," for the Northern Great Plains History Conference (1977).
Harry Fritz has taught a wide variety of courses in American history, including "United States History to the Civil War," "The Colonial and Revolutionary Experience to 1815," "The Age of Jefferson 1789-1815," "Afro-Americans to Emancipation," "Lewis and Clark in Montana," "The Marias River and Montana History," and "The Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Historic Trail."
His thirty-odd publications include several books, such as Montana: Land of Contrasts (Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publishing Co., 1984), and essays such as "The Origins of Twenty-first-Century Montana," published in Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Winter 1992) and reprinted in Robert R. Swartout, Jr. and Harry W. Fritz, eds., The Montana Heritage: An Anthology of Historical Essays (Helena: MHS Press, 1992).
His other writings include "Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Discovery of Montana," for the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation's 16th Annual Convention, and published as WPO Publications No. 8 (November 1984); "The Underside of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Travail of Meriwether Lewis," for the Southern Historical Association in Houston, TX (1985); and "The Bow of Ulysses: Presidential Leadership Under Jefferson and Madison," for the Northern Great Plains History Conference (1977).
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February 24, 2016
Essays about significant times and places in Montana history, politics and economics.
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