{"title":"Michael Punke","description":"Michael Punke grew up on the North Platte River in Wyoming. During his teenage years he spent three summers as a \"living history interpreter\" at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. His professional experience includes work for a Montana senator and a stint on the White House Staff. He lives in Montana with his wife and two children.","products":[{"product_id":"fire-and-brimstone-the-north-butte-mine-disaster-of-1917-hardcover","title":"Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mine Disaster of 1917 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/i\u003e--the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio--tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A half-hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, a fire broke out in the North Butte Mining Company's Granite Mountain shaft. Sparked more than two thousand feet below ground, the fire spewed flames, smoke, and poisonous gas through a labyrinth of underground tunnels. Within an hour, more than four hundred men would be locked in a battle to survive. Within three days, one hundred and sixty-four of them would be dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire and Brimstone \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the remarkable stories of both the men below ground and their families above, focusing on two groups of miners who made the incredible decision to entomb themselves to escape the gas. While the disaster is compelling in its own right, \u003ci\u003eFire and Brimstone\u003c\/i\u003e also tells a far broader story striking in its contemporary relevance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Butte, Montana, on the eve of the North Butte disaster, was a volatile jumble of antiwar protest, an abusive corporate master, seething labor unrest, divisive ethnic tension, and radicalism both left and right. It was a powder keg lacking only a spark, and the mine fire would ignite strikes, murder, ethnic and political witch hunts, occupation by federal troops, and ultimately a battle over presidential power.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367055392991,"sku":"9781401301552","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/39jJMMrRbn9781401301552.webp?v=1789102276"},{"product_id":"ridgeline-paperback","title":"Ridgeline - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling, long-awaited return of\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Spur Award for Best Western Historical Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 David. J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Montana Book Award Honoree \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier--a clash of cultures between the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries and a young, ambitious nation. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming's Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota's most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington's soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, wants to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington's officers are skeptical of their commander's strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout this taut saga--based on real people and events--Michael Punke brings the same immersive, vivid storytelling and historical insight that made his breakthrough debut so memorable. As \u003ci\u003eRidgeline\u003c\/i\u003e builds to its epic conclusion, it grapples with essential questions of conquest and justice that still echo today.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374233977055,"sku":"9781250310484","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wKg3ebZ3Ez9781250310484.webp?v=1789175584"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/michael-punke.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}