Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown

by Jason Kelly

Book Overview

In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, declining real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were dimming the little town's prospects of becoming the "Tulsa of the West." Then the mayor's son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey's next fight. What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen. Shelby's Folly tells this story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080324004X
• ISBN13: 9780803240049
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"