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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
This House of Sky Landscapes of a Western Mind
Author: Ivan Doig
This work introduced a major modern author to the reading public. Doig’'s life was formed among the sheepherders and other denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches as he wandered beside his restless father. New Preface by the Author.
ISBN-13: 9780156899826
ISBN-10: 0156899825
Publication Date: 2/19/1980
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Fine, affecting memoir of growing up in the mid-20th century in a series of sheep camps, remote ranches, and tiny hamlets in Montana's high country. Doig's beautiful prose catches both the beauty and brutality of the life, and ends with a thoughful examination of what it means to be a family.
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