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

by JasonKelly (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $24.85

  In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were declining. 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 spiralled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seen - or ever would again. Shelby's Folly tells this story in full.