The Louisiana Territory, purchased for less than 5¢ an acre, was one of Thomas Jefferson's greatest contributions to his country. It doubled the size of the United States literally overnight, without a war or the loss of a single American life. Dakota presents a bird’s eye view of the transition of a segment of the Louisiana Purchase into the states of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Dakota offers historical data meshed with Western poetry, with each one of the book’s twenty-three poems contributing a relevant insight. Topics covered include subjects ranging from the Civil War in Montana to the "Big Die-Up" of 1886-1887, to the myth and reality of the American West, to the end of the homesteading era. According to the author, Dakota is more than a collection of Western verse—it is a raft with twenty-three supporting logs that have skimmed o’er the river of Western history. Dakota paints a picture of the real west and some of its magnificent people.
The author, Bette Wolf Duncan, was born and raised in southeastern Montana. She is the granddaughter of Montana homesteaders and the great-granddaughter of some of the earliest settlers in North Dakota’s Red River Valley. Her late husband’s grandfather was one of the early ranchers in eastern Montana.
Learn Western history through vivid details meshed with poetry!
This author passed away a while back. You will need to google it, but
the following link will take you if you to it if want to purchase it through Amazon AMAZON DAKOTA BETTE WOLD DUNCAN
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