Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 92340Title: English CreekAuthor: Ivan DoigNarrator: Scott SowersFormat: UnabridgedLength: 14:23:01Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-25-10Publisher: Recorded BooksGenres: Fiction & Literature, WesternSummary:In this prize-winning portrait of a time and placeMontana in the 1930sthat 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.The 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 pointwhere all four of our lives made their bendand discover along with him his own connection to the land, to history, and to the deep-fathomed mysteries of ones kin and ones self.Sheer magic simply a national treasure.USA TodayContact: [email protected]

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