{"product_id":"just-to-keep-even-paperback","title":"Just To Keep Even - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe events depicted in \"Just To Keep Even\" occurred one hundred years ago. Yet, hot debate continues in the Hi-Line country of Montana whether our hero was murdered, committed suicide, or simply perished due to bad luck and severe weather. Long George Francis was easily the most recognizable, famous\/infamous, and misunderstood individual of Hill County, Montana, at the dawn of the twentieth century. A superb horseman in a time of rapid mechanization, his formative years were spent governed by the ethos of the open range and self-reliance. By adulthood, he found himself in a changed world with new rules that placed him in constant conflict and peril. He adapted by using his cowboy skills to become a topnotch rodeo performer and showman gaining him an honored spot in the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. A culmination of factors including mechanization, his continuing belief in open range rules, and a small number of bitter enemies resulted in his untimely death and the legend that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68086579790047,"sku":"9780692830406","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/s44By9shNb9780692830406.webp?v=1792356763","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/just-to-keep-even-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}