{"product_id":"english-creek-9780743271271","title":"English Creek","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoig, Ivan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was a third-generation Montanan and the author of sixteen books, including the classic memoir \u003ci\u003eThis House of Sky \u003c\/i\u003eand most recently \u003ci\u003eLast Bus to Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. Visit IvanDoig.com.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614227829010,"sku":"9780743271271","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cad49015-c89b-42cd-a51c-9ef5ef9b6d92.jpg?v=1732434261","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/english-creek-9780743271271","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}