"An Ornery Bunch" from The Globe Pequot Press

Toll-free:1-800-242-5055

You are logged in as a Guest
Login or create a new account

Books >> History Books

"An Ornery Bunch"

From The Globe Pequot Press

In Stock

Quantity:

Price: $14.95

Read about beer rustling in Butte, horses so fast they can outrun a storm, winters so cold they’ll freeze your shadow to the ground, and the touching first meeting of Brother Van and Kid Curry. Some of Montana’s first pioneers recorded these outrageous and often hilarious tales covering everything from a poker-playing magpie to the accepted cure for a greedy hunter. Between 1935 and 1942, the field workers for the Montana Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), conducted oral history interviews and researched folklore for a Montana folklore publication. The United States entered into World War II, and the WPA dissolved before Montana’s efforts on folklore could be published.

An Ornery Bunch presents tales and anecdotes compiled from the immense archives of the Montana Writers’ Project, finally putting the best of the Montana WPA folklore collection in print. Enjoy pioneer yarns from chapters such as Curious Animals; Tall Tales; Tales of True Westerners; Under the Influence; Prospectors’ Play; Mother Nature’s Winter Wrath; Unnatural Tales; Pokes, Punchers, Herders, the Range, and Their Critters; Fun with Tenderfoots; and Practices and Remedies. Every Westerner with a sense of humor and heritage, and folklorists everywhere, must add this book to their collections. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated for library development at Montana State University, Bozeman.

205 pages. 6” x 9”. Softbound.

Email this to a friend.

Item Code: GC27931

View other fine products that we carry from The Globe Pequot Press

Related Products

View our other products in the History Books category or all of the products in the Books group.

Farcountry Press "Upstairs Girls"
Our Price: $14.95

The Globe Pequot Press "The Battle of the Big Hole"
Our Price: $12.95

The Globe Pequot Press "Outlaw Tales of Montana"
Our Price: $10.95

The Globe Pequot Press "A Stout Cord and a Good Drop"
Our Price: $16.95

The Globe Pequot Press "Bound for Montana"
Our Price: $19.95

'View other products by The Globe Pequot Press...