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In this prizewinning 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.

Book details

• Full title: English Creek
• Author: Ivan Doig
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 339
• EAN: 9780743271271
• ISBN: 0743271270
• ID: 11016231
• Publisher: Scribner
• Weight: 294 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 133 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 2005

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