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To those of you who don’t know me, the following rave review of an historical monograph will seem strange. To those of you who do, even via the blog, it will be totally expected. Over the past couple of days, I read the most fascinating, well-told tale of Ursulines in Montana. Really. In one sense,…http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/images/2007/07/19/ursulines.jpg