Montana 1948: A Novel
3 journalers for this copy...
Not sure I've really been to Montana, although I've been to Yellowstone, which apparently is in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. It's the 41st state, and is known as the Treasure State.I liked it a lot, but this book was censored in Oklahoma.
From the author's website:
"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 understanding of his family: his father, a small-town sheriff; his remarkably strong mother; the Hayden's Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations are at the heart of the story; David's uncle, a war hero and respected doctor. As their story unravels around David, he learns that truth is not what you believe it to be, that power is abused, and that sometimes you have to choose between family loyalty and justice.
In a voice as brilliantly clear as the eastern Montana sky, Larry Watson has created a completely new American classic. With nearly perfect pitch, Watson evokes a time, a place, and more: a story whose pages will not stop turning, because its characters will not let them.
Montana state flag taken from the Flags of the World (FOTW) website and converted to jpg format. All credits for flag graphics are as shown at FOTW.
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sending this to a participant in the 50 States Reading Challenge - hope you enjoy it!
If you're able to pass it on to another challenge participant when you're done that would be super, but otherwise any sort of release will do. :)
Sending this to a participant in the 50 States Reading Challenge - hope you enjoy it!
If you're able to pass it on to another challenge participant when you're done that would be super, but otherwise any sort of release will do. :)
Arrived today and is 3rd in line. The books ahead of it are short so it shouldn't take me long. I'll will pass it to another participant in the challenge when I finish. :)
Journal Entry 4 by PalmettoBuckeye from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina USA on Saturday, May 23, 2009
The blurb on the back of the book doesn't do justice to what an excellent story this is. It's a quick but highly entertaining read. I especially enjoyed all the descriptions of the Montana landscape. Thank you for sharing.
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Off to lucy-lemon. :)
Off to lucy-lemon. :)
This book arrived a while ago - again, sorry! - and I completely forgot to journal its arrival, despite starting to read it straight away. I absolutely loved it, I think it's one of the best books I have read so far this year. I will definitely be looking out for a copy of my own.
Thank you so much for sharing :-)
Thank you so much for sharing :-)
