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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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English Creek

English Creek

Doig, Ivan

Paperback

Series: Montana Trilogy

WesternsHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0743271270
ISBN13: 9780743271271
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Jun 1 2005
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
In this prize-winning portrait of a time and place--Montana in the 1930s--that at once inspires and fulfills a longing for an explicable past, Ivan Doig has created one of the most captivating families in American fiction, the McCaskills.The witty and haunting narration, a masterpiece of vernacular in the tradition of Twain, follows the events of the Two Medicine country's summer: the tide of sheep moving into the high country, the capering Fourth of July rodeo and community dance, and an end-of-August forest fire high in the Rockies that brings the book, as well as the McCaskill family's struggle within itself, to a stunning climax. It is a season of escapade as well as drama, during which fourteen-year-old Jick comes of age. Through his eyes we see those nearest and dearest to him at a turning point--where all four of our lives made their bend--and discover along with him his own connection to the land, to history, and to the deep-fathomed mysteries of one's kin and one's self.

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