Letters via Chinook: Life in Montana in the 20's and 30's

By J. Philip Ambuel

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965297209
• ISBN13: 9780965297202
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Caxton Printers
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Letters via Chinook

This book is ostensibly a collection of letters written by the author and his sister to the author's grandchildren. I am sure that is an accurate representation. The purpose was to record for the youngsters the life that the great grandparents and their offspring lived on a homestead in southeastern Montana. I was raised in the same county as the Ambuels; my sister was born the same year (1918) as Philip Ambuel. The descriptions of life on a homestead of that time and place are accurate in every detail and will not be found in many other sources. The format makes the telling very personal and enjoyable. It also makes the readability somewhat varied, but not objectionable. This book is important as a historical record as well as a good way to enjoy an afternoon