| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 35.4

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 35.4 | The History Cooperative

Hope and Dread in Montana Literature. By Ken Egan, Jr. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003. xxi + 207 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.)
The lightning bolts of the Unabomber, Freeman, and Militia of Montana that struck Montana in the late 1990s were not random surprises emerging from an indifferent universe. Instead, they were embedded and nurtured in the roots of Montana history, according to Ken Egan, Jr., in his book Hope and Dread in Montana Literature.	1
Like echoes to "cowboy up" and ride down a deep draw in history, the alienation of these extremists finds resonance in our reckless "cowboy mythos" past, says Egan. Meanwhile, some of our best-known writers, quasi-outlanders like Pulitzer-winning Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, and Tom McGuane, find Montana an apt, but mere, metaphor for modern alienation.	. . .

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