This is number two on my list of all time favorite books. It is a wonderful story about two Scottish immigrants who settle in Two Medicine country in Montana.

This is a truly wonderful book -- it ranks amongst my all-time favorites. Ivan Doig's writing style is almost poetic, and very enjoyable. I highly recommend this book.

From Publishers Weekly
The second volume in Doig's Montana trilogy focuses on two Scottish immigrants around the turn of the century.
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From Library Journal
The settlement of Montana between 1890 and 1919 is recounted through the quiet but compelling life of Angus McCaskill, a young Scotsman who travels with his friend Rob Barclay to Montana's Two Medicine Country to homestead. Doig writes fervently of the voyage from Scotland and the lean first years, as the two share the work and hardship of establishing claims and building up flocks of sheep. He tells of their separate marriages, the severing of their friendship, and the final resolution of their conflict through death. Doig successfully recaptures the violence of the Montana elements and the staunch heritage of the Scottish settlers which served so well in his earlier novel English Creek and faithfully represents the struggle for survival on the frontier as he continues the McCaskills' story. Highly recommended.8

good book

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