{"product_id":"english-creek-ivan-doig-paperback","title":"English Creek -- Ivan Doig, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ivan Doig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/1\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5.2\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780743271271\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197314101547,"sku":"9780743271271","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780743271271.jpg?v=1770047858","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/english-creek-ivan-doig-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}