Ivan Doig
Ivan Doig was a third-generation Montanan and the author of fifteen previous books, including the bestselling "The Bartender s Tale" and "The Whistling Season" and the classic memoir "This House of Sky." He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many other honors. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol, for many years until his death."
Ivan Doig was a third-generation Montanan and the author of fifteen previous books, including the bestselling "The Bartender s Tale" and "The Whistling Season" and the classic memoir "This House of Sky." He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many other honors. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol, for many years until his death." See less
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Ivan Doig book reviews
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The Whistling Season
A Love Song For Marias Coulee
Ivan Doig's 2006 novel "The Whistling Season" portrays a small rural area in Montana in 1909, late in the homesteading period. Settlers came to Montana lured by free land and the promise of a new ... Read More
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Work Song
A Song Of Butte
There has been increased interest in American westerns the past several years. I have enjoyed exploring the genre and was glad to read for the first time Ivan Doig, (1939 -- 2015) in his 2010 novel ... Read More
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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
An elegant work...from deep in the heart
by leverite, Aug 13, 2015
This House of Sky is a classic book, I believe Doig's first. A biographical work, his words and feelings are felt deeply.....not a fast read, but one to be savored! Read More