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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

© 1993, Text by Larry Watson

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The Library of Congress has catalogued the earlier edition as follows:

Watson, Lawrence

Montana 1948 : a novel / Larry Watson. p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-571-31803-9

1. Family—Montana—Fiction. 2. Boys—Montana—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.A853M66 1993

813’.54—dc20

93-25962

This book is printed on acid-free paper.