The Vigilantes of Montana

Gold, land, jealousy, and murder--all are elements of this classic tale of the Montana Territory, written in 1864 as a vindication of the actions of the Vigilantes who hanged Sheriff William Henry Handy Plumer of Bannack, Montana. Now beautifully reprinted with a foreword by R. E. Mather, prominent Western historian and co-author of Hanging the Sheriff, A Biography of Henry Plummer, readers can delve into the history behind Montana's rough beginnings for themselves and uncover the controversy behind the legend of the Vigilantes.

Author: Thomas Dimsdale, Ruth Mather
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.36w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780762725687
ISBN10: 0762725680
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Political Science | Law Enforcement

About the Author
Professor Thomas J. Dimsdale was an Englishman who came to Virginia City, Montana, at the height of the 1860s gold rush in search of a better climate for his health. He ended up embroiled in one of the great controversies in Montana history as the author of The Vigilantes of Montana, a work protesting his own innocence as well as that of the vigilantes in the death of Henry Plummer. Western historian R. E. Mather is co-author of Hanging the Sheriff: A Biography of Henry Plummer.