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==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Bevis, William W. ''Ten Tough Trips: Montana Writers and the West.'' (1990). 250 pp.

* Bevis, William W. ''Ten Tough Trips: Montana Writers and the West.'' (1990). 250 pp.

* Emmons, David M. ''The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an

* Emmons, David M. ''The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925.'' (1989). 443 pp.

American Mining Town, 1875-1925.'' (1989). 443 pp.

* Hamilton, James McLellan, ''History of Montana: From Wilderness to Statehood'' (1970), older textbook

* Hamilton, James McLellan, ''History of Montana: From Wilderness to Statehood'' (1970), older textbook

* Hargreaves, Mary W. M. ''Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains: Years of Readjustment, 1920-1990.'' (1993). 386 pp.

* Hargreaves, Mary W. M. ''Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains: Years of Readjustment, 1920-1990.'' (1993). 386 pp.

* Howard, Joseph Kinsey. ''Montana: High, Wide and Handsome'' (1943), a classic narrative that challenges romanticized views of the West and calls for increased emulation of Indians who supposedly lived in harmony with the environment of the northern Great Plains.  

* Howard, Joseph Kinsey. ''Montana: High, Wide and Handsome'' (1943), a classic narrative that challenges romanticized views of the West and calls for increased emulation of Indians who supposedly lived in harmony with the environment of the northern Great Plains.  

* Howard, Stanley W. ''Green Fields of Montana: A Brief History of

* Howard, Stanley W. ''Green Fields of Montana: A Brief History of

Irrigation.'' (1992). 153 pp.

Irrigation.'' (1992). 153 pp.

* Malone, Michael P. ''The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906.'' (1985). 281 pp.

* Malone, Michael P. ''The Battle for Butte: Mining and Politics on the Northern Frontier, 1864-1906.'' (1985). 281 pp.

* Newby, Rick and Hunger, Suzanne, eds. ''Writing Montana: Literature under the Big Sky.'' (Helena: Montana Center for the Book, 1996). 348 pp.

* Newby, Rick and Hunger, Suzanne, eds. ''Writing Montana: Literature under the Big Sky.'' (Helena: Montana Center for the Book, 1996). 348 pp.

* Petrik, Paula. ''No Step Backward: Women and Family on the Rocky

* Petrik, Paula. ''No Step Backward: Women and Family on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, Helena, Montana, 1865-1900.'' (1987). 206 pp.

Mountain Mining Frontier, Helena, Montana, 1865-1900.'' (1987). 206 pp.

* Robertson, Donald B. ''Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Vol. 2: The Mountain States: Colorado, Idaho, Montana,

* Robertson, Donald B. ''Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History. Vol. 2: The Mountain States: Colorado, Idaho, Montana,

Wyoming.'' (Dallas: Taylor, 1991). 418 pp.

Wyoming.'' (Dallas: Taylor, 1991). 418 pp.

* Smith, Duane A. ''Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and

* Smith, Duane A. ''Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and

Montana, 1859-1915.'' (1992). 290 pp.

Montana, 1859-1915.'' (1992). 290 pp.

* Spritzer, Donald E. ''Senator James E. Murray and the Limits of Post-War Liberalism.'' (1985). 304 pp. biography of liberal Democrat, 1940s-1970s

* Spritzer, Donald E. ''Senator James E. Murray and the Limits of Post-War Liberalism.'' (1985). 304 pp. biography of liberal Democrat, 1940s-1970s

* VanWest, Carroll. ''Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the

* VanWest, Carroll. ''Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the

Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century.'' (1993). 281 pp.

Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century.'' (1993). 281 pp.

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Kittredge, William and Smith, Annick, eds. ''The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology.'' (1988). 1161 pp.

* Kittredge, William and Smith, Annick, eds. ''The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology.'' (1988). 1161 pp.