It's Ray Frost's homesteader shack on the barren Montana prairie,s & it's a sight for sore eyes. Even the "Ray-Man's" recently arrived mail order bride isn't too impressed as we continue with Gildford, Montana author Russell B. Crites' book, "The Long___Awakening" up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I'll be back there tonight (Tuesday) at 6 to read more of this woeful tale of drinking, pool halls, barn dances, rodeos, blizzards, Indians & pow wows. Talk about desperation & tragedy...Russell's read has it in spades & then some! I'm not sure if "The Long___Awakening" has a happy ending, but the way the book is going so far, it ain't possible, although I don't see how things can get much worse. On the upside, this book makes the reader feel good about their own life because no matter how screwed it is, it CAN'T be this bad...I love the book. See you tonight at 6 for more Montana History (AND misery) at the Marias Heritage Center.

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