Adult Book Club

The settlement of Montana between 1890 and 1919 is recounted through the quiet but compelling life of Angus McCaskill, a young Scotsman who travels with his friend Rob Barclay to Montana’s Two Medicine Country to homestead. Doig writes fervently of the voyage from Scotland and the lean first years, as the two share the work and hardship of establishing claims and building up flocks of sheep. He tells of their separate marriages, the severing of their friendship, and the final resolution of their conflict through death. Doig successfully recaptures the violence of the Montana elements and the staunch heritage of the Scottish settlers which served so well in his earlier novel English Creek and faithfully represents the struggle for survival on the frontier as he continues the McCaskills’ story. – Library Journal

About Ivan Doig

Ivan Doig was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, in 1939… grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front where much of his writing takes place… first book, the highly acclaimed memoir This House of Sky, was a finalist for the National Book Award… former ranch hand, newspaperman, and magazine editor, Doig is a graduate of Northwestern University where he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism… he also holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington… in the century’s-end San Francisco Chronicle polls to name the best Western novels and works of non-fiction, Doig is the only living writer with books in the top dozen on both lists: English Creek in fiction and This House of Sky in non-fiction… he lives in Seattle with his wife Carol, who has taught the literature of the American West.

Complete Schedule for 2012

Here is our complete tenative schedule. Any changes will be posted as or if they occur.