A compilation of sketches written by John J. Healy for the Benton Record, a newspaper in Fort Benton, Montana. The sketches began appearing in the newspaper in

"...more romance, tragedy and vigorous life than many a city a hundred times its size and ten times its age." - Historian Hiram M. Chittenden Deep in the heart

The Life of the Afterlife in the Big Sky State is a groundbreaking history of death in Montana. It offers a unique, reflective, and sensitive perspective on the