Winter Brothers - A Season at the Edge of America

The author of This House of Sky provides a magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the Swan diaries with his own journal.

About the author

Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was born in Montana and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A recipient of a lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, he is the author of fifteen novels and four works of nonfiction.

Summary

The author of This House of Sky provides a magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the Swan diaries with his own journal.

Product details

• Authors: Ivan Doig
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.1982
• EAN: 9780156972154
• ISBN: 978-0-15-697215-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 281 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / Regional, HISTORY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Short Stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Indigenous, HISTORY: Indigenous / General