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Book Review of Incident at Big Sky: The True Story of Sheriff Johnny France and the Capture of the Mountain Men

Incident at Big Sky: The True Story of Sheriff Johnny France and the Capture of the Mountain Men
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True story of the strange kidnapping of an Olympic athlete, Kari Swenson, in 1984. She was taken at gunpoint by Don and Dan Nichols, a father and son who lived off the grid in Montana. After a huge manhunt involving the FBI she was eventually rescued by Johnny France, the sheriff of Madison County.