Stagecoaches carried visitors to and through Yellowstone National Park for thirty-eight years, from 1878 to 1916, and helped establish Yellowstone as a world-famous travel destination. This Volume One of a two-volume set by preeminent Yellowstone historian Lee Whittlesey is an engaging account of stagecoaching’s first years in the park.\nIn lively, often humorous prose, Whittlesey describes the evolution of stagecoach travel in Yellowstone, the colorful men—and women—who ran the stagecoach companies, and the types of stagecoaches that carried tourists in the park, including the famed “Tally-ho” design.\nAlong the way, Whittlesey profiles the stagecoach drivers who were “rough and profane but men of undoubted nerve,” and he shares stories from passengers who were appalled by their drivers, the “mind-shattering and bone-rattling” roads, the armed hold-ups, and the relentless dust, yet who were entranced by the wonders of this new Wonderland.\n"A new book by Yellowstone’s premier historian is always cause for celebration. Lee Whittlesey’s “Off with the Crack of a Whip!” is both a lively, colorful paean to the park’s legendary stagecoach days and an astonishing achievement of research on an encyclopedic scale. An amazing book.” — Paul Schullery, author of Searching for Yellowstone and The Bear Doesn’t Know\n“This book is an excellent source for anyone doing research on Yellowstone history, because stagecoach tourism, as Lee Whittlesey shows, was intertwined with almost every aspect of Yellowstone’s development. Thoroughly well-documented, “Off with the Crack of a Whip!” is a fascinating ride into Yellowstone’s stagecoaching past.” — Dr. Judith Meyer, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University-Springfield (retired), and author of The Spirit of Yellowstone

Off With the Crack of a Whip!: Stagecoaching Through Yellowstone, and the Origins of Tourism in the Interior of the American West: 1878-1891 (1)

History

Whittlesey, Lee H.

Americas

Riverbend Pub

Peculiar, hilarious, odd, beautiful-all these words describe the remarkable art of Parks Reece of Livingston, Montana. Peter Fonda, Jim Harrison, Russell Chatham and many others have praised Reece's extraordinary artistic talent and his slightly skewed vision of the natural world. This book-the first collection of Reece's artwork-is destined to become an instant classic!

Call of the Wild: The Art of Parks Reece

Arts & Photography

MCMILLION, SCOTT

Painting

Another great "end table" book from Montana Publisher Riverbend Publishing. A first-of-its-kind collection of breath-taking wildlife and hunting experience color photos and memorable text that truly captures the thrill of hunting in Montana. A perfect gift for any hunter on your list!! At just $14.95, sure to be a collector's item!!

Unforgettable Days Afield: Montana Hunting

Photography & Video

The perfect addition to your "end table"! An 8" x 7" hardcover with jacket with stunning color photos that capture the essence of trout fishing in the world's most fabled waters. A great gift at a great price!

Unforgettable Days: Montana Trout Fishing

Cauble, Chris, ed.

Joe Brooks, Jim Harrison, et al., contributors

A little-known and previously unavailable account of the first tourist party to Yellowstone National Park. In 1871, inspired by sketchy reports of Yellowstone's wonders, six Montanans made a horseback trip to see the park's geysers, lakes, and canyons. Lively and well-written with a detailed introduction and narrative footnotes. Yellowstone National Park Historian, Lee Whittlesey, says Great job! An outstanding publication that fills a big void.

A Ride to the Infernal Regions: Yellowstone's First Tourists

Clawson, Calvin C.

A man's memory of his boyhood days on a homestead in central Montana told so well it will leave an indelible mark on the reader. 
The ever-changing adventure of family relationships and farm life, enhanced by a remarkable collie dog vividly recreates the time and place of Eunson's childhood. Taking the reader back in history to a Montana and a lifestyle almost forgotten, you won't want to put this one down!

Up on the Rim

Eunson, Dale

World

This book contains precise information about when, where and how to see Glacier's magnificent wildlife from the roads or from the trails. A convenient carry along size of just 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", make the most of your Glacier trip by using this book to spot grizzly bears, mountain goats, bighorn sheep and much more!

Watching Glacier's Wildlife

Science & Math

Wilkinson, Todd

Biological Sciences

More than thirty short stories, novel excerpts, memoirs, and personal essays from a new wave of Montana writers. Includes celebrated writers such as Deirdre McNamer, David Long, Ralph Beer, and Maile Meloy together with "prodigiously talented" fresh new voices from Roundup, Polson, West Yellowstone, Missoula, Great Falls, and more. A wonderful new anthology that enriches and deepens Montana's powerful storytelling tradition.

The New Montana Story: an Anthology

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Here are the great stories of the Blackfeet, recorded by the famous conservationist and ethnologist, George Bird Grinnell, who became a tribal member in 1885. The Nizitapi, or Real People, as they call each other, were people of the buffalo. They originated on the plains of today’s southern Alberta, western Saskatchewan, and central Montana. Famed frontier artist George Catlin called the Blackfeet “the most powerful tribe of Indians on the continent.” Like many native people, the Blackfeet have stories and legends that originated centuries ago, perhaps thousands of years ago, and were passed down from generation to generation through an oral tradition. Early explorers heard the stories directly from the Blackfeet and wrote them down. One of these writers was George Bird Grinnell, the famous conservationist and ethnologist who became a tribal member in 1885. Grinnell visited the Blackfeet in Montana almost annually for more than 40 years. He coined the phrase, “Crown of the Continent” for the nearby mountains and helped create Glacier National Park. He wrote numerous acclaimed books on Indian culture. The timeless legends and tales he recorded in “Blackfeet Indian Stories” make it one of his most enduring and entertaining books.

Blackfeet Indian Stories

Grinnell, George Bird

The most incredible, unbelievable, wild, weird, fun, fascinating, and true facts about Yellowstone National Park. This fun-filled, fact-filled trivial extravaganza will keep you laughing, keep you learning, and keep you guessing. Trivia Queen Janet Spencer scoured libraries, archives, and museums for the oddest and most obscure figures, facts, and fascination she could find. The perfect campfire companion! Use the book to play a homemade version of Trivial PursuitTM. Keep a copy in your glovebox, or put it in your bathroom!

Yellowstone Trivia

Spencer, Janet

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