I’ve recently read 2 novels by A. B. Guthrie, The Big Sky and The Way West. He’s an impressive western author not only for the stories and characters he builds, but also for his attention to historic detail. I read these books for a couple of reasons, one being that he lived for Read More
A Recollection Way back in time a few years before the turn of the last century a contingent of [African American] soldiers garrisoned the little frontier post, Fort Missoula, located near the then little city of Missoula. In those days occasions for celebration were few and far between. Much attention Read More
Wild Bill Kelly- 2 Books and 2 Normans Norman Macleod-author of “The Bitter Roots”- 1941 – (1906 – 1985) Norman Maclean-author of “A River Runs Through It” -1976 – (1902 – 1990) I was recently notified that the University of Montana press has plans to reprint the 84-year-old novel, Read More
“Tall, blond, with blue eyes twinkling, he was always cheerful,” wrote Emma Magee when she furnished us a first-hand account of the crippled Missoula pioneer Charles Schafft. Emma attended a small school with her mixed blood siblings at what later became Missoula’s Hellgate Elementary in Grass Valley. At one time Read More
1. Howard, Joseph Kinsey. Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome 2. Guthrie, A.B., Jr. The Big Sky 3. Toole, K. Ross. Montana: An Uncommon Land 4. Glasscock, Carl B. The War of the Copper Kings. . . 5. Doig, Ivan. This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind 6. Russell, Read More
Below is a small poem from “The Old Copper Collar,” a short novel by Montana author Dan Cushman: Oh, me old copper collar It makes me heart so proud; When I’m wearing me copper collar I stand out in the crowd; Throughout the land there’s none so grand, I want Read More
Why is Missoula special? Residents say it’s the mountains, the people, the . . . By Peter Stark Of the Missoulian “While it is true that we have our share of pollution, potholes and pandemonium, on the balance I have yet to run across a more suitable place to raise Read More
‘Cool Hand Luke’ Author – 1969 Donn Pearce Talks Tonight Donn Pearce, author of “Cool Hand Luke,” will speak about creative writing tonight at 8:15 in the UC Ballroom. At 3:00 this afternoon, he will give an informal talk in the UC Montana Rooms. “Cool Hand Luke,” Mr. Pearce’s first Read More
Dam Foolishness Author Pokes at Pork Barrel by Jim Crane Montana and Missoula have a strong admirer and detractor in A. B. (Bud) Guthrie Jr. “Though I dislike the snow and I wish they’d clean up this town, I choose to live in Montana,” says the state’s author-in-residence. Guthrie, a Read More
Robert Service Poem Born In Missoula? Dan McGrew Theme of Poem Said to Have Started in Missoula A story has been circulating in Missoula recently to the effect that the tragedy which is the theme of Robert Service’s poem, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” had its start on West Front Read More