The Making of a Con

Grace Baker Larson was born in Hot Springs, Montana in 1940. Her delivery was by a midwife. She grew up on a large sheep ranch that her grandparents owned. Her parents had divorced when she was 8 months old. Grace describes herself a jack of all trades and a master of none . She raised 3 sons and 2 daughters . Her daughter, Robin, died from MS when she was 41 years old. July of 2019 saw the death of her son, Dan. Grace's husband passed away in December of 2013. Grace has trained and shod horses, skidded logs, operated a day care center, cleaned houses, and spent 14 years as a Chemical Dependency Counselor. She was a journeyman painter for 14 years; high work, spray painting, sandblasting, etc. for herself, contractors, and the Anaconda Company. She was the first woman hired to work in the trades in Anaconda Company History. She also worked as the inmate paint crew supervisor at the Montana State Prison. This will be Grace's 7th non fiction book; all have been Montana based.