INCIDENT AT BIG SKY The True Story of Sheriff Johnny France and the Capture of the Mountain Men.

Hardback. In the wilderness of Montana's Big Sky country, a young woman Olympic athlete, Kari Swenson, was kidnapped at gun point while on a training run. Searchers found her chained to a tree and guarded by two "mountain men," Don and Dan Nichols, father and son who had left civilisation a dozen years before. In the ensuing confrontation, Kari was badly wounded by the younger Nichols and a rescuer was coldly shot and killed before the Nicholses made their escape, leaving Kari behind. The manhunt that followed featured FBI teams, helicopters, electronic aids, and massive manpower. In the end, it was Johnny France, the local sheriff, who had spearheaded the search for months and who finally, by chance, tracked them down alone, and brought them in. Illus. + Map. 285pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With small tape mks. to fpd and fep. o/w Vg+ in patchily faded Vg. dw.