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The crazies : the cattleman, the wind prospector, and a war out West / Amy Gamerman.

Summary:

Most locals in Big Timber, Montana, learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett decides to seek his fortune in it. Trouble is, Jarrett's neighbors are some of the wealthiest and most influential men in America, trophy ranchers who came west to enjoy magnificent mountain views, not stare at five-hundred-foot wind turbines. And so begins an epic showdown that pulls in an ever-widening cast of larger-than-life characters. The brawl over Crazy Mountain Wind becomes a fight over the values that define us as Americans--and a window into how this country actually works. All the while, the most coveted rangeland in the West is being threatened by forces more powerful than anything one man can muster: record drought, raging wildfires, dwindling snowpack.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982158163
ISBN: 1982158166
Physical Description: xiii, 446 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 419-446).

Formatted Contents Note:

The Crazy Mountain Cattle Company and its neighbors -- A note on sources -- Preface -- Prologue -- Ranching it -- The treasure state -- If you give anybody luck, shit will do for brains -- Awaxaawippíia -- Coyote wind -- Alfred and Whitney and a $10,000 bull -- High on the horse in Big Timber -- Diana's great idea -- Boxing in prison -- The engine room -- What would you do? -- Crow country -- Earthquake -- Good neighbors -- Fire season -- Anaconda -- Show ponies -- Findings of fact -- Eighteen inches of rain -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.