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

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In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were declining, dimming the little townOCOs prospects of becoming the OC Tulsa of the West.OCO Then the mayorOCOs son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack DempseyOCOs next fight. What began as a publicity stunt soon spiraled into a civic drama unlike any Montana had ever seenOCoor ever would again. ShelbyOCOs Folly tells this story in full for the first time.

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