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Ivan Doig (1939–2015)

Autor(a) de The Whistling Season

28+ Works 9,130 Membros 423 Críticas 49 Favorited

About the Author

Ivan Doig was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1939. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history from University of Washington. Before becoming an author, he worked as a ranch hand and a journalist. His non-fiction works mostrar mais include This House of Sky, Winter Brothers, and Heart Earth. His fiction titles include English Creek, Dancing at the Rascal Fair, Bucking the Sun, The Whistling Season, The Bartender's Tale, and Last Bus to Wisdom. He received several awards including the Western Literature Association's Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award and the Wallace Stegner Award in 2007. He died of multiple myeloma on April 8, 2015 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Ivan Doig

The Whistling Season (2006) 1,734 exemplares
Dancing at the Rascal Fair (1987) 894 exemplares
English Creek (1984) 737 exemplares
Last Bus to Wisdom (2015) 668 exemplares
The Bartender's Tale (2012) 597 exemplares
Work Song (2010) 443 exemplares
Ride with Me, Mariah Montana (1990) 428 exemplares
Bucking the Sun (1996) 419 exemplares
The Sea Runners (1982) 401 exemplares
The Eleventh Man (2008) 357 exemplares
Mountain Time (1999) 316 exemplares
Heart Earth (1993) 307 exemplares
Sweet Thunder (2013) 260 exemplares
Prairie Nocturne (2003) 255 exemplares

Associated Works

The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology (1988) — Contribuidor — 179 exemplares
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

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This is a heartwarming, inspiring, uplifting story of courage and optimism as told through the eyes of a seventh-grade boy in Montana in 1909 and the one-room schoolhouse that serves as the center of his community. Doig's writing is superb, drawing the reader ever forward at an even pace with creative uses of language and humorous plays on words. In a way, the book is an ode to great teachers, no matter their credentials, such as the one who leads the Marias Coulee school for most of the story.
 
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eg4209 | 101 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2024 |
I wondered if he could possibly maintain the momentum of the previous two books, in terms of pacing, plot, and interest. He did all that and more. By half-way through I could not put this book down. So, so good. Right to the very last page, I was spell-bound.

Thank you Ivan Doig, for some of the most engaging, thoughtful fiction I have read in ages. The three "Morrie" books were a total pleasure!
 
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BethOwl | 31 outras críticas | Jan 24, 2024 |
I don't have any idea how I heard about this book. It is certainly NOT the kind of story I'd normally gravitate to. And I regret to say I'd never heard of Mr. Doig.

But wow.

I am so glad I gave it a try. This book is a treasure.

His writing is exquisite, the characters (including the most important one -- the land) are some of the most vivid I've read in ages, and the pacing is a slow build that turns on a dime. Wonderful!

It was one of those books that I honestly hated to finish. I almost never give 5 stars, but this one earned each and every one.… (mais)
 
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BethOwl | 101 outras críticas | Jan 24, 2024 |
I was shocked that this could top "Whistling Season." But it did. Following the next adventures of Morrie, and in his voice this time, it was a joy from start to finish.

Where have you been all my life, Ivan Doig??? Gorgeous writing, wonderful pacing (notice the bags under my eyes for staying up all hours), and fascinating story-telling about something I knew nothing about.
 
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Obras
28
Also by
5
Membros
9,130
Popularidade
#2,632
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
423
ISBN
205
Línguas
5
Marcado como favorito
49

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