Dakota

This book presents a birds eye view of the transition of a segment of the LouisianaPurchase into the states of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. It offershistorical data meshed with Western poetry, with each one of the books twentythreepoems contributing a relevant insight. Topics covered include, amongothers, the Civil War in Montana, the Big Die-Up of 1886-1887, the myth andreality of the American West, and the end of the homesteading era. According tothe author, Dakota is more than a collection of Western verse- it is a raft withtwenty-three supporting logs that has skimmed oer the river of Western history.