Welcome to The Write Question, a program that explores the world of writing and publishing in the western United States. Our guest today is Martin Kidston from Helena, Montana.
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Kidston’s latest book, Cromwell Dixon: A Boy & His Plane, 1892–1911, tells the remarkable story of the boy wonder from Columbus, Ohio, who became the first pilot to cross the Continental Divide near Helena. Kidston works as a newspaper reporter for the Helena Independent Record and as a freelance writer. He is the author of From Poplar to Papua: Montana’s 163rd Infantry Regiment in WWII, and coauthor, with Barbara Fifer, of Wanted! Wanted Posters of the Old West.
Read stories by Martin Kidston at the Helena Independent Record Web site.
FYI: Information About New Books By Regional Authors
Recently published books by regional writers include, The Just War Myth: The Moral Illusions of War, by Andrew Fiala from Fresno, California.
New from Riverbend Publishing, One Woman’s Montana, by Kathe LeSage of Wolf Creek, Montana.
For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.
And here’s praise from Dierdre McNamer for Cromwell Dixon : A Boy and His Plane:
“The amazing young flyer Cromwell Dixon comes wonderfully to life in Martin Kidston’s impassioned and meticulous account of Dixon’s brief career. A terrific read.”
The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.
Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.
Special thanks to Barbara Theroux, Prageeta Sharma, Renée McGrath, and Kim Anderson.
This program is supported in part by The Greater Montana Foundation—encouraging communication on issues, trends, and values of importance to Montanans. And by Humanities Montana, enriching intellectual, cultural, and civic life for all Montanans.
This program included music by Michael Blessing and Springhill.
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