Glad to see this recommendation. I was honored to write the foreword (I also took the cover photo, and that's one of MacQuarrie's typewriters in the photo!) There are some real gems in this newish book. Well worth the read for MacQuarrie fans.
By a lot of people, you must mean just Wake boat owners and wake boat builders. They are universally despised by everyone else in my part of the world (northern WI.)
That'll come. I heard a woman very earnestly and loudly explain how disliking wolves is a form of racism. She wasn't kidding, either. They are out there, and they vote.
I'm one of those NR hunters who begins his bird season each year in MT chasing prairie grouse. I've seen the drastic changes in the last few years and I certainly understand the popularity of the legislation among residents. That said, beginning next year, when the MT bird hunting seasons open...
Back to the OP - I have a theory that the great decline of BZN began when the Rockin' R blew up, along with half the block. Can't recall the year, but it seems like soon after the town turned into a Cali-infused hell. Of course, my fondest memories are from the early 1980s when my memory wasn't...