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Friday, February 1, 2019

MHS Starts Facebook Book Club


Guest post by Barbara Pepper-Rotness

To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Montana statehood, MHS has launched a virtual book group that will study Ken Egan’s 2017 publication, Montana 1889: Indians, Cowboys, and Miners in the Year of Statehood.  Each month throughout 2019, the author will post prompting questions to the group and respond to readers’ comments to facilitate lively conversations about topics that are still important to Montanans today.  MHS Photo Archives Manager Jeff Malcomson will assist Egan by suggesting further reading in related areas of Montana and Western history and helping to answer any history-related questions that readers may have. The group is being organized by MHS reference librarian Barbara Pepper-Rotness who noted that, since Montana is the proverbial small town with long streets, she is “super excited to carry on a neighborly conversation that utilizes the advantages offered by social media to bring people together.”

In addition to monthly readings and discussion, MHS will have four quarterly on-site ‘meetings’ to bring in experts on relevant subjects. The first gathering is tentatively scheduled for April. Watch for details later!

You can join Revisting Montana 1889: A Book Group here.


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