title: Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome
author:  Joseph Kinsey Howard 
description: <DIV>&#8220;Superior history of the state of Montana, by an indigenous editor who understands ecology as well as gun-play and who is tearing mad about what a mistaken land policy, monopoly practices, dust storms, and two wars have done to his native earth. Critical, well informed, and brightly written.&#8221;&#8212;<I>New Yorker</I></DIV> (<i>New Yorker</i>)<br /><br /><DIV>&#8220;The best single book I know on the subject. Scholarly, yet eminently readable, entertaining all the way.&#8221;&#8212;<I>Weekly Book Review</I></DIV> (<i>Weekly Book Review</i>)
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  A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE…
  
  A CLASH OF WILLS…
  
  AN UNCOMPROMISING LOVE!
  
  Adelaide Amanda Pinkney was glad to bid Chicago farewell. After the bustle and
  crowds of the growing city, the news that her aunt and uncle had left her
  their California farm was like a dream come true.
  
  But Addie's idyll was shattered the moment she reached California, and learned
  there was another claim on her land. Montana Creed was tall, headstrong,
  elemental…as much a part of the rich and rugged California terrain as the
  fields and valleys that dotted its majestic landscape. As a boy, Montana had
  watched his father slaughtered, his land stolen—and he had vowed that one day
  he would fulfill his father's dream.
  
  Addie soon discovered that Montana's stubborn streak ran as deep as her own…
  and that his seductive smile was almost impossible to resist. As his reluctant
  bride, she came to cherish Montana's tender, passionate caresses. But she knew
  that one day he'd have