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This House of Sky
Landscapes of a Western Mind
Ivan Doig
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 19, 1980
Reading lane: Western U.S. History
A haunting, magnificently written memoir by Ivan Doig about growing up in the American West Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Land and Belonging
A memoir shaped by western Montana, where landscape and family illuminate the past.
Come here for
- Western Montana seen through intimate memory
- Family ties, love, and the pull toward independence
Expect
- A haunting, carefully examined past
- Landscape and family sharing the same frame
Book Details
- Authors
- Ivan Doig
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 19, 1980
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Western U.S. History · Midwest History
- Reading lane
- Western U.S. History
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About This Book
A haunting, magnificently written memoir by Ivan Doig about growing up in the American West Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches. What he deciphers from his past with piercing clarity is not only a raw sense of land and how it shapes us but also of the ties to our mothers and fathers, to those who love us, and our inextricable connection to those who shaped our values in our...
