Burning the Breeze
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Burning the Breeze

Three Generations of Women in the American WestBy Lisa HendricksonNarrated by Carrington MacDuffie
Length9h 13m

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In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana. Julia, a big-game hunter whom friends described as “a clever shot with both rifle and shotgun,” flouted gender conventions to build guest ranches in Montana and Arizona that attracted world-renowned entertainers and artists. Bennett’s entrepreneurship, however, was not a new family development. During the Civil War, her widowed grandmother and her seven-year-old daughter—Bennett’s mother—set out from Missouri on a ten-month journey with little more than a yoke of oxen, a covered wagon, and the clothes on their backs. They faced countless heartbreaks and obstacles as they struggled to build a new life in the Montana Territory. Burning the Breeze is the story of three generations of women and their intrepid efforts to succeed in the American West.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.1 (107)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byCarrington MacDuffie
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish
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