MOTHERLODE Legacies of Women's Lives and Labors in Butte, Montana (Signed) by Finn, Janet L., and Crain, Ellen - 2005

Boston: Little Brown, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/New. 4to cloth. 342pp. Illust. Index. Pictorial endpapers. General presentation signed by both authors. We praise this book as being, we think, one of the finest & most important to come from a Western press in the last few years. 17 contributors have written essays on life in Butte, Montana from the perspective of women. Subjects range widely, but include everything from, but not limited to, medical practice, labor unions, ethnic presence, & education. Excellent content & a simple, beautiful design with fine paper & printing. Unstated limitation of 500 copies in cloth. Fine in dj.