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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