An ornery bunch: tales and anecdotes collected by the WPA Montana Writers Project, 1935-1942
Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, United States history, United States travel and geography, Humour
Human-narrated audio
Summary
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. 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. Every Westerner with a sense of humor and heritage, and folklorists everywhere, must add this book to their collections