History Book Club

Readers take on a monthly selection and discuss it from 2 to 3 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month
(except for a summer break in July and August). The public is always invited for these free events.

The book list for 2024-2025:

Listed books are available in the museum bookstore, through the library system, and/or bookstores.

Oct. 2, 2024
The Secret Life of Cowboys by Tom Groneberg

Nov. 6
Disturbing the Sleeping Buffalo: 23 Unexpected Stories That Awaken Montana's Past by Sally Thompson

Dec. 4
Riverside: The Incredible Story of Marcus Daly, Founder of Anaconda Copper, Pioneer and Citizen of Montana by Miriam Poe Ryan

Jan. 8, 2025
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven

Feb. 5
Prairie Nocturne by Ivan Doig

March 5
Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman

April 2
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

May 7
Historic Tales of Flathead Lake by Butch Larcombe

June 4
The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson

Sept. 3
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

Oct. 1
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan