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Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown
Shelby's Folly Jack Dempsey Doc Kearns and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown
Author: Jason Kelly
In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were declining, dimming the little town’s prospects of becoming the “Tulsa of the West.” Then the mayor’s son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey’s next fight. What began as a publ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803226555
ISBN-10: 0803226551
Publication Date: 5/1/2010
Pages: 238
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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