Letters from a Montana sheep man : the true tale of Isaac S. Schultz who survived the blizzards of 1886-87 --- and why he went missing for 44 years edited by Darlene Della Schneck

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schneck, Darlene Della., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schultz, Isaac, 1851-1931--Biography.

Schultz, Isaac.

Schultz, Isaac, Mrs.

Ranch life--Montana--Custer County.

Ranch life.

Ranch life--Montana--Custer County--Correspondence.

Sheep farming--Montana--Custer County.

Sheep farming.

Sheep farming--Montana--Custer County--Correspondence.

Physical Description:

[xxx], 147 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles, photographs ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition, May 2013

Other Title:

Letters from a Montana sheepman

Place of Publication:

Staunton, Virginia : [publisher not identified], 2013.

Summary:

Born in 1851 into a Schwenkfelder farming family in eastern Pennsylvania, the studious Isaac S. Schultz graduated from Ursinus College and studied at Dartmouth College. Ambitious and restless, he set out to seek his fortune in the West, ending up in the Montana Territory as a sheep rancher. However, his dream of striking it rich was cruelly crushed by the terrible winter storms of 1886-87 (known as the "big die-up") which killed most of his sheep. Alone, devastated and not wishing to admit failure to his family back east, the 36-year-old sheep rancher chose to disappear for the rest of his life. When he was 79 years old and in failing health, Isaac's wife devised a scheme that would finally reunite him with his astonished relatives. From the Wild West of the 1880s to the rural farmlands of eastern Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, Letters from a Montana Sheep Man is a heartbreaking tale of one family's race against time to find each other again before it is too late. Includes 67 letters written in 1880-87 and 1931, and illustrated with 72 historical and family photographs, letters, maps, and illustrations.

ISBN:

9781484861721

1484861728

OCLC:

861381399