| The Medicine Line: Life and Death on a North American Borderland Contributor(s): Ladow, Beth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415927641 ISBN-13: 9780415927642 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: The author explores the history of the border of Canada and Montana, 100 miles of the most desolate terrain in America, and the point where three nations were fated to come together in a contest for land, wealth, and ultimately survival. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00042496 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.27" W x 9.19" (1.27 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Alberta - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Saskatchewan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Medicine Line: Life and Death on the North AmericanBorderland, is a complex and oftentimes dramatic mix of narrative storytelling and history in which ironies are explored, patterns of deed and response are uncovered, examined and evaluated...Beth Ladow is a compelling stylist who writes with warmth and insight, and she has given us a smart book, which will help us understand one another, and a good read. We need more books like this one. -- William Kittredge, Author of THE NATURE OF GENOROSITY(knopf,2000) |