One Night In A Bad Inn
by Christy Leskovar
The fascinating true story of two colorful immigrant families who lived through extraordinary times. Rich in history and character, this remarkable saga follows a notorious matriarch, two daring fugitives, a heroic Irish doughboy, and a beautiful, inspiring lady across the parched plains of eastern Montana to a raucous mining town to the bloody battlefields of the First World War. It is a great read through which the reader learns some intriguing history through the lives of some very intriguing people.
6x9, 594 pgs., 200 photos, 6 maps archival-quality hardbound $24.95
+ $5.00 shp.
ISBN 1-57510-123-8
Finding the Bad Inn
Discovering My Family’s Hidden PastBy Christy LeskovarChristy Leskovar's first book, One Night in a Bad Inn, a High Plains Book Award finalist, tells the true story of her family's secrets. Finding the Bad Inn</i> is the detective hunt behind how she discovered who started the fire, how the body ended up in the house, why her grandmother was sent to an orphanage when she wasn’t an orphan, what really happened when her grandfather saved that man in the war, and so much more.6" x 9", 291 pages, 9 photographs, maps, hardback: $25
ISBN: 9781575101507
Purple & Gold: A 60-Year History of Missoula County High School, 1905-1965
8-1/2 x 11, 188 pages, hundreds of photos, full color throughout, sb,
$19.95 - ISBN 1-57510-119-X
Montana's Grandest
Historic Hotels and Resorts of the Treasure State
by Stan Cohen
Historic hotels and resorts can be found in every part of the state fom
the large cities to the most remote areas.
81/2 x 11, 208 pgs., hundreds of colored and b/w photos, sb.
$15.95 - ISBN 1-57510-111-4
On The Road to Yellowstone
The Yellowstone Trail - 1900-1930
by Harold A. Meeks
This book traces the history of America's early roads (1900-1916) with an emphasis on the famous Yellowstone Trail that stretched from Boston to Seattle through the northern tier of states.
208 - pages 256 photos
and drawings full color cover, sb - $15.95 ISBN 1-57510-079-7
This title is out of print
Northern Pacific's Mullan Pass
on the
Montana Short Line
by Bill & Jan Taylor
In 1881 the Northern Pacific Railroad contracted with Muir Bros. to bore a 3,850 ft. tunnel through the Rocky Mountains of Montana. This book examines route selection, construction and early operations over- and through - the continental divide.
8-1/2x11, 92 pgs., over 100 photos, maps, and diagrams, sb. $19.95
Soaring With Eagles
by Charles Duus
Montana flyers who flew the mountains like eagles and these are their stories.
8-1/2x11, 142 pgs., over 200 photos & drawings, sb. $17.95 ISBN
1-57510-086-X
Packets to Paradise
Steamboating to Fort Benton
by John G. Lepley
The boats that plied the Upper Missouri and the men who piloted them.
8-1/2x11, 276 pgs., over 200 photos, maps , sb. $19.95 ISBN 1-57510-091-6
Western Montana Fair A Pictorial Heritage
by Stan Cohen with Katy and Les Jourdonnais
8-1/2x11, 68 pgs., 70 photos, sb. $7.95 ISBN 1-57510-002-9
A Pictorial History of Smokejumping
by Stan Cohen
8-1/2x11, 180 pgs., 300 photos, 4 pgs. of color, sb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-40-9
Glacier's Grandest
by Bridget E. Moylan
A Pictorial History of the Hotels and Chalets of Glacier National Park -
7x10, 92 pgs., 73 photos, 8 pgs. of color, sb. $9.95 ISBN 0-929521-89-7
Little Coyote
by Charles J. Keim
An epic novel about Montana's Flathead Indians, 1805-1891
6x9, 864 pgs., hb. $25.00 ISBN 1-57510-022-3
This title is out of print
Ghosts of the Black Hills
by Don Miller
9x6, 72 pgs., 42 photos, maps, sb. $3.95 ISBN 0-933126-07-7
The Big Burn
by Don Miller and Stan Cohen
The Northwest's Great Forest Fire of 1910
With three million acres ravaged by a series of 1,736 fires, 1910 came to be known as the "big burn," or the "time when the mountains roared." The disastrous story is shown here in pictures.
7x10, 104 pgs., 100 photos, drawings, maps, sb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-04-2
The Years and The Wind and The Rain
A Biography of Dorothy M. Johnson
by Steve Smith
A penetrating look at how a distinguished and prolific author conceived her stories and committed them to paper.
5-1/2x8-1/2, 256 pgs., 58 photos, hb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-50-6
Montana's Home Front
by Gary Glynn
During World War II
For the first time, the impact of World War II on Montana politics, industry, agriculture, education, sports and crime is examined in detail.
8-1/2x11, 224 pgs., 185 photos, sb., $14.95 ISBN 0-929521-93-5
Butte Shortline
by Bill and Jan Taylor
In the 1880's the Northern Pacific Railroads' management decided to bypass Butte, Montana, in favor of a main line through Helena 40 miles to the north. The Butte Shortline is a history of that effort.
8-1/2x11", 112 pages, 120 photos, sb., $22.95 ISBN
This title is out of print
Rails to Gold and Silver: Volume I
by Bill and Jan Taylor
In 1883 Henry Villard celebrated the completion of the Northern Pacific near Gold Creek, Montana Territory. Rails to Gold and Silver: Volume I covers Northern Pacific's construction in Montana between 1883 and 1887.
8-1/2x11", 120 pages, 150 photos, sb., $22.95 ISBN
Rails to Gold and Silver, Lines To Montana's Mining Camps Volume II: 1888-1898
by Bill and Jan Taylor
In 1883 Henry Villard celebrated the completion of the Northern Pacific near Gold Creek, Montana Territory. Rails to Gold and Silver: Volume I covers Northern Pacific's construction in Montana between 1883 and 1887.
8-1/2x11", 120 pages, 150 photos, sb., $22.95 ISBN
Iron Riders - Story of the Buffalo Soldier Bicycle Corps
by George Niels Sorensen
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was formed at the height of the bicycle craze, when everyone was traveling "awheel". During the 1890s, the bicycle was seen as a new symbol of personal freedom.
8-1/2x11", 112 pages, 62 photos & drawings,sb., $12.95, ISBN 1-57510-074-6
Italian Boys at Fort Missoula
1941-1943
by Umberto Benedetti
Meet the men of the Fort Missoula Internment camp during WWII.
8-1/2x11, 136 pages, over 158 photos, sb., $12.95, ISBN
1057510-035-5
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