The last best place : a Montana anthology
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The last best place : a Montana anthology
（A Montana centennial book）
University of Washington Press, 1991
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Originally published by Montana Historical Society Press, c1988
Includes bibliographical references (p. [1145]-1158)
Discription based on fifth printing, 2000
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is an anthology of some of the greatest stories and storytellers of the American West. Through eight chapters and over 800 pages, 150 writers present scores of myths, stories, poems, essays, and journals that document Montana's significant literary tradition. The selections range from pre-white Indian days to the present, and, taken as a whole, they offer a powerful microcosm of the entire western experience.
The chapters, each prefaced by an original essay, progress chronologically from myths and tales of the Indian people to accounts of exploration and the fur trade, followed by the mining and stockmen's frontiers, the agricultural and small town experience, as well as a special chapter on Butte--the richest hill on earth.
Contemporary chapters take up the emergence of the modern West in the middle years of the twentieth century as well as the renaissance of western literature in contemporary fiction and poetry. These chapters include many authors who have earned national reputations in fiction, poetry, and criticism, but they also include many younger writers whose careers are just beginning.
Table of Contents
Native American Stories and Myths
Journals of Exploration
Stories of Early Pioneers and Indians
Writings about Butte
Remembering the Agricultural Frontier
Literature of Modern Montana
Contemporary Fiction
Contemporary Poetry
Bibliographic Citations and Permissions
The Editorial Board
The Artists
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