Montana Folks

Through striking black-and-white photographs and engaging essays, Montana Folks celebrates the lives and livelihoods of fifty-seven contemporary Montanans. Selected because they have jobs unique to Montana or lives that epitomize Montana's past, present, and future, these ordinary people doing extraordinary things exemplify the distinctive spirit of Montana. You'll get to know Paul Bronson, now retired, whose job it was to clear the snow from the breathtaking heights of the Beartooth Highway each spring, and sheepshearer Olen Raisland of Reedpoint, a third-generation sheepshearer who shears more than nine thousand sheep a year by himself. An astronaut, yodeling botanist, Santa broker, one-man band, sugar beets grower, grizzly bear expert, caviar maker, and many more fascinating men and women tell their stories in this exceptional book. Montanans and those who love Montana will recognize themselves in this collection of portraits from all over the state, rejoicing in the diversity and independence that gives Montana its character.Johanek, Durrae is the author of 'Montana Folks', published 2004 under ISBN 9780762725465 and ISBN 076272546X.