Incident at Big Sky: The True Story of Sheriff Johnny France and the Capture of the Mountain Men

by Johnny France and Malcolm McConnell

Book Overview

In the wilderness of Montana's Big Sky country, a young woman Olympic athlete, Kari Swenson, was kidnapped at gun point while on a training run. Searchers found her chained to a tree and guarded by two 'mountain men, ' Don and Dan Nichols, father and son who had left civilization a dozen years before. In the ensuing confrontation, Kari was badly wounded by the younger Nichols and a rescuer was coldly shot and killed before the Nicholses made their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393023346
• ISBN13: 9780393023343
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 11 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL BOOK!! My husband had a copy of this book stolen from him. So, replacing it was in order. He is also a personal friend of Johnny France, and used to live in Ennis Montana. We will be seeing Johnny this summer and will have him sign the copy for us. Again, THANK YOU. The ship time was extremly fast too. HAPPY CUSTOMER IN CODY, WYOMING!!!

A rousing read!

In contrast to the other reader, I've known Johnny France since *my* childhood LOL. This is a gripping crime story that also gives a native's glimpse into a community and a way of life that's rapidly changing. Read this as much for a taste of western Montana as it once was as much as for the murder story.

A riveting tale of desperate outlaws on the run.

Beneath some of Montana's grandest mountain peaks lurked a preditor. Caught in the crosshairs of Don Nichols twisted logic was Kari Swenson. The idea of a mountain bride, stolen from a remote wooded trail. Most amazing is how the Nichols' not only managed to elude the persistance of Johnny France, but stayed one step ahead certain death in the Montana winter of 1984 with just the packs on thier backs. You wont be able to put this one down!

Johnny France knows no fear!

I've know Johnny France since he was a young man. Without his dogged determination, these two killers might not have ever been captured. Don Nichols is still in prison and most likely will never get paroled. This book tells fascinating tale almost too strange to believe in these modern times. Great reading!!