Woelfle, Gretchen
Summary: "Jeannette Rankin was always a take-charge girl. Whether taking care of horses or her little brothers and sisters, Jeannette knew what to do and got the job done. That's why, when she saw poor children living in bad conditions in San Francisco, she knew she had to take charge and change things. But in the early twentieth century, women like Jeannette couldn't vote to change the laws that failed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RANStreep, Abe
Summary: "From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.85 STRAndrews, Bryce.
Summary: A narrative of a year on a southwest Montana ranch describes the author's time building fences, riding, roping, and caring for cattle while confronting a brutal pack of wolves in ways that challenged his views about conservation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDREWS, BRYCE ANDMiller, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Press 1995
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB FIELDS MILFranscell, Ron
Summary: "The pulse-pounding story of the first time in history that the FBI Behavioral Unit created a profile to catch a serial killer. On June 25, 1973, a seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana campground where her family was vacationing. Somebody hadslit open the back of her tent and snatched her from under their noses. None of them saw or heard anything. Susie Jaeger had vanished into...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 FRAKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: "As a girl Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe, Joanna is compelled to return to Montana, and to a strange childhood companion she had long forgotten. On the outskirts of Rustling Willows, a madman lurks with a vision to save the future. Mass murder is the only way to see his frightening manifesto come...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Schneider, Andrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.17 SCHSummary: Inside Wildsam Western Montana you'll find Montana stories and legend from prize-winning writers, past and present: detailed road trip plans and profiles of idyllic towns; interviews with poets and journalists, fishermen and innkeepers; delightful ephemera from the archives, selective recommendations about authentic Western Montana experiences, and a robust guide to fly-fishing tradition and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.86 WESTERN MONTANA WILMurray, Julie
Summary: Explore Montana in this comprehensive title! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photos showcase the beauty and diversity of this state. Readers learn about the state's history, cities, land features, animals, industries, sports, famous people, and more! A Tour Book spread highlights kid-friendly things to do in Montana. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.6 MURSummary: An unsentimental elegy to the American West follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWESummary: "Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf ... Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons ... The daily struggles of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD YELBass, Rick
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 BASVan Cleve, Spike.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lowell Press 1982
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.664 VANDoig, Ivan.
Summary: Readers will come to appreciate the strength and dignity of Berneta Ringer, a true Western heroine as Doig celebrates his mother's life after finding a cache of her letters, photographs, and childhood writings. It begins with her first winter living in a tent in Montana's Crazy Mountains to the ravages of the Depression on a ranch on Falkner Creek.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1993
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 DOIBass, Rick
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence 1991
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.6 BASKrakauer, Jon.
Summary: "Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly regarded state university, bucolic surroundings, a lively social scene, and an excellent football team, the Grizzlies, with a rabid fan base. The Department of Justice investigated 350 sexual assaults reported to the Missoula police between January 2008 and May 2012. Few of these assaults were properly handled by either the university...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 KRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.8 KRAPeavy, Linda S.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 PEASmith, Annick
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.6 SMISummary: Montana's stunning landscape shapes all who live here and all who visit. In twenty powerful pieces of writing--essays, memoirs, short stories--the state's finest contemporary writers explore the plains, rivers, and mountains of Big Sky Country. They show us how natural beauty and hardship are two sides of the same coin, and how sometimes the only way to cure heartache is to visit the great...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverbend Publishing 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.6 MILDunnavant, Keith
Summary: Examines the life and career of one of the NFL's most iconic players.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTANA, JOE DUNMontana-Leblanc, Phyllis.
Summary: Hurricane Katrina survivor LeBlanc--featured in Spike Lee's acclaimed HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke"--offers an astounding and poignant account of her struggle to survive one of the nation's worst disasters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 MONStiles, T. J.
Summary: A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CUSTER, GEORGE STIWest, Charles
Summary: "His Crow name was Crazy Wolf. Orphaned after losing his family in an Indian attack, young Cody Hunter found a loving home among the Crow people -- and learned the ancient ways of the Crow trackers. His well-honed skills earned him a place in the U.S. Army as a valued scout. But now, after fifteen years of living his life as Crazy Wolf, Cody is ready to face his painful past. He will return to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024