{"product_id":"montana-greats-from-a-absarokee-to-z-zurich-the-greatest-athletes-from-264-montana-communities-9781606391297","title":"Montana Greats: From a (Absarokee) to Z (Zurich), the Greatest Athletes from 264 Montana Communities","description":"Every community has a sports hero, but do you know who they are? Author Jeff Welsch, the Montana sports editor for Lee Newspapers, researched the record books; interviewed athletes, coaches, and local sports fans; and travelled across the state to determine each community's best athlete. The result is a one-of-a-kind sports book, Montana Greats: From A (Absarokee) to Z (Zurich), the Greatest Athletes from 264 Montana Communities. These athletes--men and women, historic and contemporary--are the best in more than a dozen sports: football, basketball, rodeo, track, skiing, and more. Included are well-known \"greats\" such as World Series pitcher Dave McNally, who Sports Illustrated said was the best athlete to come from Montana, but the book is rich with lesser-known stories of local legends and high-school heroes. In fact, the book is being praised for its celebration (and remembrance) of small-town sports heroes: \"What I love about Montana Greats is how it memorializes the small towns in Montana  where] the identity of the community is strongly connected to their teams. Thank you, Jeff Welsch, for honoring their best athletes and for ensuring we never forget their legacies.\" --Joe Puckett, Peerless (Montana) native and author of The Dream. The text (and Contents) of the book is organized alphabetically by community name, hence the subtitle: From A (Absarokee) to Z (Zurich). Each athlete is profiled on a single page. There is a description of the athlete's accomplishments and a brief biographical update. Each profile includes a black and white photograph, usually an action photo of the athlete participating in his\/her sport. Although the Contents is a list of community names, the book features two useful indexes for quickly finding an individual athlete. One index is an alpha list of all the athletes; the other is the athletes listed by the sport they are known for (football stars under Football, etc.). Montana Greats is a record of sports heroes and where they came from. It is a winning book for sports fans, historians, and all Montanans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverbend Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606391297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Jeff Welsch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39463005880501,"sku":"9781606391297","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3b5cf36-0da3-4486-b4dc-2d24cbb566a9.jpg?v=1615922265","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/montana-greats-from-a-absarokee-to-z-zurich-the-greatest-athletes-from-264-montana-communities-9781606391297","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}