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English Creek

Montana (Doig) Series, Book 1

#1 in series

by Ivan Doig
Scott Sowers
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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.
"Sheer magic ... simply a national treasure."—USA Today

  • Creators

  • Series

    McCaskill Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 10, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781456110338
      • File size: 414976 KB
      • Duration: 14:24:31

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 1, 1985
      The summer of his 14th year brings challenges and changes to Jick McCaskill and his family, in this book which echoes with "the pioneering and human spirit,'' observed PW. Jick's older brother decides not to attend college, becoming a cowboy instead; a fire in Two Medicine National Forest threatens to destroy the community; and, ``by summer's end, Jick has learned the secret his father and an old campjack have kept from the rest of the community,'' PW added. November

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Scott Sowers's dry tone and Midwestern drawl help listeners imagine an older Jick McCaskill as he tells the story of his fourteenth summer, during 1939, when his father was senior forest ranger for the Two Medicine National Forest in Montana. Jick's adventures--from camp tending with the mysterious Stanley Meixell to the excitement of the Fourth of July celebration in nearby Gros Ventre--are all background to his worry about the rift between his parents and his older brother, Alec, who has decided to forgo college in favor of an early marriage. Sowers presents a flawless delivery of Doig's wry humor and Midwestern philosophy, offering up such worthy phrases as "warbling boozehound" with pitch-perfect ease. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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