Girl from the Gulches    by Ellen Baumler
Price: $9.99 USD. 79210 words. Published by Montana Historical Society Press  on April 2, 2012. .
This detailed memoir recalls a young pioneer’s journey from the Great Plains to childhood on the Western frontiers to life on the Flathead Indian Reservation as wife of the Indian agent. A forbidden sled ride, the creaking of the hangman’s rope, her father giving the last of their water to his dying mule; Ronan recounts her experiences with vivid clarity and warmth.