The Bedside Book Of Bastards

A delightfully wicked look at the badly behaved characters who shaped the history of Montana through their deeds and misdeeds.

A funny and charming collection of famous last words.

BOOK 1. 1984-1987. Observations in Houston on Bar Room Types, Business and Political deals, Illusions, and the Business and Drug Worlds. RECONQUESTA, the ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM, views of the Louisiana and Texas legal systems, Drug Wars, and Yelps for More Jails, Trauma. BOOK 2. 1927-1933-1934. Near death, Flashback to 1927, first school year, Prohibition, Legal System, incoming Radio, Music, Religious Groups, Hog Killing Day, Trauma. BOOK 3. 1968. Egg Head conference in a New Orleans Bar Room, Fishermen, History of Ten Drugs and Possible Solution to the World’s Problems. BOOK 4. 1969 A.D.—50,000 B.C.—300 B.C. to 1900s. Model and Child, the Key to Solution of the World’s Problems, and Flashback views to 50,000 to 300 B.C, Plus Views of Current Situations. BOOK 5. 1989 A.D. Return to Reality, Houston Night Life, Small to Massive Drug Wars, Poetic Views of Cultural Flaws and Possible Solutions.

Everyone loves a heel, especially one to whom nothing was sacred and who charmed his or her way into the hearts, minds, and wallets of bumpkins and belles alike. This collection offers twenty-four tales of petty bandits, sleazy bunko artists, and conniving conmen and –women who traveled West to seek their fortunes by preying on the men and women who went before them to settle and explore. These stories of who they were, what they did, and why they are remembered for their deeds include ample and engaging historic illustrations of the shady characters at work and at play.