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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

by Ivan Doig

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This work introduced a major modern author to the reading public. Doig's life was formed among the sheepherders and other denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches as he wandered beside his restless father.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780156899826
Subtitle:
Landscapes of a Western Mind
Author:
Doig, Ivan
Publisher:
Harvest Books
Location:
San Diego, Calif.
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historical - U.S.
Subject:
United states
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
West (u.s.)
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
Regional Subjects - West
Subject:
Family/Interpersonal Memoir
Subject:
Adult
Subject:
Doig, Ivan
Subject:
Meagher County (Mont.) Biography.
Subject:
Meagher County
Subject:
Doig family
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
HIS036140
Copyright:
Edition Number:
15
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
no. 00-6
Publication Date:
February 1980
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.08x5.40x.84 in. .69 lbs.

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