A. B. Guthrie Jr. Papers 1901-1991

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A. B. Guthrie Jr. Papers 1901-1991

A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901-1991), Montana-born writer whose popular Western novels include (1947), (1949), and (1982). His autobiography was published in 1965. In his later years Guthrie became an outspoken advocate of conservation in the West. The Big Sky The Way West Fair Land, Fair Land

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