{"product_id":"9780803279704","title":"The Montana Stories of Frank B. Linderman","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank B. Linderman knew the frontier types who appear in these robust stories and sketches. A trapper in Montana during his youth, he stayed on as a publisher, politician, and businessman, beginning to write in middle age. \u003ci\u003eThe Montana Stories of Frank B. Linderman\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1920, still crackles with the freshness of arctic wind, the pungency of aged whiskey, the impact of a whip.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"In the Name of Friendship\" sets up a deadly bluff with ironic results. \"Was Chet Smalley Honest?\" shows a good deed in danger of punishment. \"Jake Hoover’s Pig\" describes a hungry man’s sentimental attachment to a fat porker. \"Cranks\" is a frontier precursor of the Odd Couple. \"What Followed a Sermon\" testifies to the sobering effect of preaching in a saloon. These and other stories are filled with rustlers and hustlers, Mounties and tenderfeet, Crows and Blackfeet, mountain men, prospectors, bartenders, lawyers, townspeople, and assorted dogs, cats, and horses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030743073008,"sku":"9780803279704","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803279704_p0.jpg?v=1763729194","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803279704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}