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- Ivan Doig. Ivan Doig, a third-generation Montanan, was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana on June 27, 1939. Doig led a diverse professional life, working as a ranch hand, newspaperman, and magazine editor.
- James Welch. Winter in the Blood (Penguin Classics) Fools Crow (Penguin Classics) The Death of Jim Loney (Penguin Classics) James Welch, born on November 18, 1940, in Browning, Montana, had a diverse and captivating background.
- William Kittredge. Owning It All: Essays. Hole in the Sky: A Memoir. The Nature of Generosity. Used Book in Good Condition. William Kittredge, born on August 14, 1932, in Portland, Oregon, left an indelible mark on the literary world until his passing on December 4, 2020, in Missoula.
- Judy Blunt. Breaking Clean. Not Quite Stone. As a Montana writer, Judy Blunt brings a unique perspective to her exceptional storytelling skills. Spending over 30 years on wheat and cattle ranches in northeastern Montana, Blunt gained firsthand experience of the rugged and demanding ranch life that shapes her narratives.
- “100 Classic Hikes: Montana” 100 Classic Hikes: Montana: Glacier National Park, Western Mountain Ranges, Beartooth Range, Madison and Gallatin Ranges, Bob Marshall Wilderness, Eastern Prairies and Badlands.
- “Fools Crow” Fools Crow (Penguin Classics) Hitting the shelves back in ’86, James Welch’s narrative brings us to the heart of the Blackfeet tribe, nestled in Montana’s majestic Rocky Mountains, during the tension-filled mid-1870s.
- “100 Days of Solitude” As a lover of poetry and nature, I was enthralled by Amy Pearson’s “100 Days of Solitude.” This collection of poems is a reflection of her experiences as a fire lookout in the Bob Marshall Wilderness during the summer of 2015.
- “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains. If you’re interested in Montana’s wildlife and its ecological history, you’ll want to check out “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” by Dan Flores.
Mar 20, 2020 · Edited by Dale Burke and Wayne Chamberlain. About the book: This new anthology features first-hand accounts from the front lines of wilderness advocacy in Montana. Contributions from over 40 authors (including MWA members and staff) illuminate the history of wilderness areas across the state and will inspire you to protect Montana’s wild places.
- Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
- Wind from An Enemy Sky by D’Arcy Mcnickle
- Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
- Swift Dam by Sid Gustafson
- Copper Sky by Milana Marsenich
- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
- Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
- English Creek by Ivan Doig
- The Big Sky by A. B. Guthrie
- Winter in The Blood by James Welch
“On the reservation, danger looms everywhere, rising out of fear and anger, deprivation and poverty. Fiery-haired Louise White Elk dreams of both belonging and escape, and of discovering love and freedom on her own terms. But she is a beautiful temptation for three men-each more dangerous than the next-who will do anything to possess her…”
“A tragedy of good intentions gone hopelessly wrong, Wind from an Enemy Skytells the story of the Little Elk People, a fictional Northwestern tribe. Through the eyes of Antoine, grandson of the tribal leader, we see the tribe attempt to overcome their demoralization at the hands of advancing white civilization.”
“From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them… “ So begins David Hayden’s story of what happened in Montana in 1948. The events of that cataclysmic summer permanently alter twelve-year-old David’s understandin...
“It had been a long snowy winter and spring. The rivers were late rising, and the mountains held onto a pure white snow-cover. Rain fell upon the deep winter snow the day before the Flood of ’64. Waters rose, the rivers raged. The dam failed to hold the Birch Creek flow, and broke, giving way to a wall of water and drowning the Indians. Veterinaria...
“The feminine spirit of the West comes alive in early twentieth century Montana. Set in the Copper Camp of Butte, Montana in 1917, Copper Skytells the story of two women with opposite lives. Kaly Shane, mired in prostitution, struggles to find a safe home for her unborn child, while Marika Lailich, a Slavic immigrant, dodges a pre-arranged marriage...
“Populated with drunks, loggers, card sharks, and whores, and set in the small towns and surrounding trout streams and mountains of western Montana, the stories concern themselves with the complexities of fly fishing, logging, fighting forest fires, playing cribbage, and being a husband, a son, and a father.”
“After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face to face with the boy’s profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that w...
“In 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.”
“Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Skyis the first of A. B. Guthrie Jr.’s epic adventure novels set in the American West. Here he introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers: traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story ce...
“During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel, Winter in the Blood, is one of his most enduring works. The narrator of this beautiful, often disquieting novel is a young Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. Sensitive and self-destructive, he searches for someth...
The Horse Whisperer tells the story of a woman, her teenage daughter, and a horse named Pilgrim who leave New York City to spend some time at a ranch in Montana after a severe riding accident. The book inspired a movie by the same name, starring Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson.
Jan 7, 2019 · Way-worthy not-novels on the Great Montana Read’s Top 20 include Ivan Doig’s memoir This House of Sky, Jim Harrison’s novella collection Legends of the Fall and Norman Mclean’s A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. Soul searching also factored in making the lists as the panelists weighed their personal relationships with Montana ...
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