Still Speaking Ill of the Dead: More Jerks In Montana History

by Jon Axline, Jodie Foley, Ellen Baumler

Selected from the increasingly popular Montana History Conference session--Jerks in Montana History--this collection of Montana Hall of Shame members includes Lewis and Clark's infamous guide Toussaint Charbonneau, Helena's notorious newspaper editor Will Campbell, tales from the secret lives of Mary Anne Eckert, and many more. Still Speaking Ill of the Dead carefully documents and exposes the lives of individual men, women, laws, and corporations to uncover a complicated and fascinating history of Montana and its people.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Roger Miller]

an eclectic and varied look at all the jerks who played a role in Montanna History. A light, quick, easy and interesting read. I learned some of the current attitude and actions are rooted in the past.

[Charles]

If there's a third volume in this series (and I hope there is), I'll read it, but I'll probably skip the contributions of Jodie Foley.

In this volume, she writes about murderers who happened to have been women and manages to blame their crimes on the fact that men falsely thought that women were morally pure and let them off lightly for their crimes as a result. I could forgive the agenda to a certain degree if Foley had written about interesting crimes, but her chapters were also fairly boring.

The rest of the book is, almost without exception, great.

[Bunny]

Another one from my hairdresser. Seriously funny, even if I have clue about anything involving Montana. Really a cute read.