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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-57131-061-3
Pages: 186
Publish Date: Dec, 2007
Genre: Fiction
Montana 1948
BY Larry Watson
"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.
One of the top 100 novels of the West —San Francisco Chronicle
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. First published in hardcover by Milkweed Editions in 1993, Montana 1948 is now back on Milkweed’s list in a new paperback edition.
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“Montana 1948 stands out as a work of art.”
—San Francisco Chronicle“As universal in its themes as it is original in its peculiarities, Montana 1948 is a significant and elegant edition to the fiction of the American West, and to contemporary American fiction in general.”
—Washington Post Book World“Utterly mesmerizing.”
—The Nation“Wonderful. . . Be prepared to start this book at 10:00 PM. By 11:00, you’re hooked. You finish in the wee hours, mesmerized by the fast-moving plot, the terse language, uncompromising characterization, and insights into life.”
—Baltimore Sun“A superbly rendered novel . . . riveting.”
—Houston Chronicle
