English Creek

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.

Author: Ivan Doig
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780743271271
ISBN10: 0743271270
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Westerns | General