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In a land of rough camps and hard choices, a fearless girl's deepest secret is who she really is.
Montana bears the name of a Western region and lives by her own courage. In Marah Ellis Ryan's That Girl Montana, the American frontier offers wide country, danger, and choices that test her nerve. Trouble comes from the land itself and from the people who struggle to control it. Loyalty matters when courage alone may not be enough.
Love brings Montana into contact with people whose backgrounds and habits differ from her own. As feeling grows across those differences, a question runs beneath the adventure: who is Montana, and what does her past hold? This Western romance brings a spirited heroine, hidden identity, and hard choices together in a story where love has differences to overcome.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine with nerve Meet Montana, a spirited young woman whose courage faces the dangers of frontier life.
- Wide land, hard choices Enter a West of open country and rough camps, where danger tests resolve.
- Love across different worlds Follow a romance that must find its way across differences of background and habit.
- A past in shadow Let the question of Montana's true identity draw you deeper into her story.
- Courage bound to loyalty Discover an adventure where nerve and loyalty matter amid the frontier's hard choices.
Who will love it
You will love this book if you enjoy frontier tales with a spirited heroine, a secret past, a gold strike and a love that takes its time. It suits readers who like warm humor beside real danger.
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- Tana accepts kindness without questions
- Two men offer different kindnesses
- Dan protects the happiness she doubts
- A silent man holds dangerous knowledge
- Gold and tenderness meet sudden fear
- A murder makes silence dangerous
- Love matters more than social standing
- Protective secrets can also wound
- Tana must decide what to reveal
Who’s who
- TanaA fierce, quick-tempered girl of about sixteen who swims, plays cards and models clay, and hides a painful past while longing for a home.
- Dan OvertonA steady ranger who protects the camps and Indian friends of Kootenai country and takes Tana as his ward without asking her secrets.
- Max LysterA charming, teasing young New Yorker who comes west for a trip and falls for Tana while helping her find a school.
- Mrs. HuzzardA kind, talkative widow who runs the best eating house in Sinna Ferry and wants to better herself and find romance.
- Captain LeekDan's stepfather and the town postmaster, a pompous man in a blue coat who boasts of society and army service.
- Joe HarrisA paralyzed miner who cannot speak and whose lost gold claim and grudge against a former partner draw him into Tana's life.
- AkkomiThe old Kootenai chief whose grandson Tana saves and who watches over her with sharp eyes and few words.
- Miss Lavina SlocumMrs. Huzzard's prim cousin from Ohio, who fears Indians, teaches manners and has a past with someone in camp.
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That Girl Montana
by Marah Ellis Ryan · 1901
A girl of about sixteen swims an icy river to save a child, and a ranger vows to guard her secret.
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Would you dive into an icy mountain river to save a child you have never met? On a June morning on the Kootenai, two men watch a slight figure in a boy's blouse kick off her shoes and plunge after a drowning Indian boy.
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- 95,800 words
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- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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- 1901by Marah Ellis Ryan
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A girl dives into the river and hides her name
After a railway-station prologue, the main story opens with a rescue. Dan Overton and his friend Max Lyster watch from the bank as a small swimmer plunges into the cold Kootenai after a drowning child. Max takes her for an Indian woman, but Dan insists she is white.
That night Dan crosses the river to the lodge of old Akkomi, the head chief, to learn who she is. He finds a sullen girl of about sixteen with hostile eyes. Akkomi will not name her. He says only that her father is dead and that she has walked a long trail looking for something she has not found.
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Ryan, Marah Ellis. That Girl Montana. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/that-girl-montana.
Ryan, M. E. (2026). That girl Montana. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/that-girl-montana (Original work published 1901)
Ryan, Marah Ellis. That Girl Montana. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/that-girl-montana.
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What is That Girl Montana about?
It tells of a girl called Tana who saves a child from the Kootenai River, is taken under the wing of a ranger named Dan Overton, and joins a gold find, while a secret from her past follows her.
Who is Tana in That Girl Montana?
Tana, short for Montana, is a spirited girl of about sixteen who swims, plays cards, models clay and speaks Indian jargon. She will not say where she comes from, and the plot gradually shows why.
Who are Dan Overton and Max Lyster?
Dan is a trusted ranger who guards the Kootenai camps and becomes Tana's guardian. Max is a charming young Easterner who visits Dan, befriends Tana and hopes to marry her.
The author
Marah Ellis Ryan
1860–1934 · American novelist
Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934) was an American writer and actress. She was born in Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California. She wrote novels in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her books include That Girl Montana, published in 1901. She also worked on the stage.
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