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- ↑ Matthew Basso; Laura McCall; Dee Garceau (January 2001). Across the Great Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the American West. Psychology Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-415-92471-9.
- ↑ Harry W. Fritz; Mary Murphy; Robert R. Swartout (2002). Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People, and Place. Montana Historical Society. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-0-917298-90-5.
- ↑ Janet L. Finn (4 July 1998). Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata . University of California Press. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-0-520-92007-1.
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{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ Matthew L. Basso (17 July 2013). Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War II Home Front. University of Chicago Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-226-03886-5.
- ↑ Dennis L. Swibold (2006). Copper Chorus: Mining, Politics, and the Montana Press, 1889-1959. Montana Historical Society. pp. 394–. ISBN 978-0-9721522-8-0.