Itemize Containing Books Montana 1948
| Title | : | Montana 1948 |
| Author | : | Larry Watson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 182 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1995 by Washington Square Press (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Westerns. Young Adult. Coming Of Age. Academic. School |
Larry Watson
Paperback | Pages: 182 pages Rating: 3.81 | 9798 Users | 1461 Reviews
Explanation Toward Books Montana 1948
The events of that small-town summer forever alter David Hayden's view of his family: his self-effacing father, a sheriff who never wears his badge; his clear sighted mother; his uncle, a charming war hero and respected doctor; and the Hayden's lively, statuesque Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations are at the heart of the story. It is a tale of love and courage, of power abused, and of the terrible choice between family loyalty and justice.Details Books Supposing Montana 1948
| Original Title: | Montana 1948 |
| ISBN: | 0671507036 (ISBN13: 9780671507039) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Montana(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Milkweed Prize for Fiction (0) |
Rating Containing Books Montana 1948
Ratings: 3.81 From 9798 Users | 1461 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Montana 1948
Milkweed EditionsRating: 5* of five Another one I'd give six stars to if I could.The Publisher Says: The events of that small-town summer forever alter David Hayden's view of his family: his self-effacing father, a sheriff who never wears his badge; his clear sighted mother; his uncle, a charming war hero and respected doctor; and the Hayden's lively, statuesque Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations are at the heart of the story. It is a tale of love and courage, of powerMontana 1948 by Larry Watson. This is how it should be done. Clean simple writing and a good story well-told. There is no reason to pump up the volume simply for the sake of marketing a thicker book. What it means to be a peace officer in Montana is 'knowing when to look and when to look away'. In a time tainted by underlying and sometimes overt racism, this tale is of the struggle between the ties that bind a family together and the moral code that begs for justice to be served.Excellent work.
In my little life full of coincidences, I would never have believed it if someone told me I would unintentionally read two books in one month with plots based upon the rape of Native American women by white men and both set in the northern plains. (Not because I don't believe it, but because it's not exactly a common literary fiction topic.) "Round House" by Louise Erdrich was the first and now, this. Did Louise Erdrich use Montana 1948 (published 20 years earlier) as a springboard for the RH?
I pulled this one off my shelf thinking I needed a shorter book that I could read in a day or two, and ended up finishing in three hours. It is a riveting tale of right and wrong and justice, complicated when the sheriff finds that his brother is implicated in some pretty bad dealings with Native American girls. Racism is very much a part of this novel as well, because justice for white men is very different depending on the color of the victim's skin. 169 pages of a story hard to put down until
So clearly, it is an award winning novel and I shouldn't be surprised to give it 5 stars. I also read American Boy a few years back and loved that, so definitely I am a Larry Watson fan. However, for some reason I had it in my head that this was a long cowboy western (kind of like McMurtry's Lonesome Dove) and so had kind of been avoiding it. It's not like that. This is a really great book. And it's also really short. So, I was wrong on a couple of counts.The setting and rough plot (racist
Read this stellar novella if you want to know what it feels like to be an only child, 12 years old, and have your mostly-perfect life changed forever by grownups you trust and circumstances you can't control. 52-year-old David Hayden tells us the story of his summer of 1948, the summer of "indelible" images: "I flinched and a part of me said leave, get away, run, now before it's too late, before you hear something you can't unhear. Before everything changes. But I pressed myself closer to the
Montana 1948 is a delightful yet unsettling gem, more a novella than a novel, that grapples with family relationships, the mistreatment of Native Americans, and sexual abuse, but is primarily an insightful coming-of-age story. As works of literary fiction go, Watson's narrative is as technically precise as a Mozart symphony: the voice is pitch-perfect, the pacing masterful, the characters drawn to perfection. Its easy to anticipate the major plot developments, particularly the ending, but this
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