Amy Gamerman - The Crazies
A Book with Legs
Smead Capital Management
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
How much trouble could a wind farm cause? Turns out, a lot. When Rick Jarrett decided to capitalize on strong gusts around his land in Big Timber, Montana, the prospect of a wind farm in the shadow of the Crazy Mountains upset hyper-wealthy neighbors who were more concerned about property aesthetics than multi-generation locals looking to make a living. It also caught the attention of Crow Tribe activists, for whom the Crazy Mountains held deep cultural significance.
In this week's episode of A Book with Legs Smead Capital Management CEO and Portfolio Manager Cole Smead is joined by Amy Gamerman, author of “The Crazies: The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West." Gamerman has written about real estate and culture for The Wall Street Journal for more than two decades. Her work has earned multiple awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and has appeared in Vogue, Redbook, and Departures. She attended Yale University and King’s College, Cambridge.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management. |
| 0:07.9 | At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who play the long game. |
| 0:12.3 | You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor. |
| 0:23.8 | Welcome to a book with Legs podcast. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager here at Smead Capital Management. |
| 0:33.9 | At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books to help shape informed investors. |
| 0:37.4 | In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings. The late great |
| 0:38.5 | Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis. We analyze their work |
| 0:43.7 | through the lens of business, markets, and people. In this episode, we will have a conversation |
| 0:49.8 | about some of the issues that come with the expanse of the American West, particularly |
| 0:53.5 | Montana. |
| 0:55.1 | Amy Gamerman is joining us to discuss her recently published book, The Crazies, the Cattleman, |
| 1:00.5 | the Wind Prospector, and a war out west. Miss Gamerman has written about real estate and culture |
| 1:06.3 | for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades. Her work has been recognized with |
| 1:10.3 | multiple awards to the National Association of Real Estate editors. Her work has been recognized with multiple awards |
| 1:10.9 | to the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Her writing has also appeared in Vogue, |
| 1:15.3 | Red Book, and Departures. She attended Yale University and King's College, Cambridge. |
| 1:20.7 | And Crazies, Amy, is your first book. Yes, I'm a very late bloomer. |
| 1:27.1 | Well, so I always ask authors this because, you know, |
| 1:29.7 | based on your background, you know, and you've written a lot on real estate and culture and |
| 1:34.8 | things like that. What brought you to the story? Something had to, there had to be a real |
| 1:40.3 | estate transaction or something that you caught and said, wait a second, there's something |
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