This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind Paperback - 1980

A haunting, magnificently written memoir by Ivan Doig about growing up in the American West

Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches. What he deciphers from his past with piercing clarity is not only a raw sense of land and how it shapes us but also of the ties to our mothers and fathers, to those who love us, and our inextricable connection to those who shaped our values in our search for intimacy, independence, love, and family. A powerfully told story, This House of Sky is at once especially American and universal in its ability to awaken a longing for an explicable past.

Details

• Title This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
• Author Ivan Doig
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Later Printing
• Pages 336
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Mariner Books Classics, San Diego, CA
• Date 1980-02-19
• ISBN 9780156899826 / 0156899825
• Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
• Dimensions 8.08 x 5.4 x 0.84 in (20.52 x 13.72 x 2.13 cm)
• Themes
  • Cultural Region: Plains
  • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
  • Geographic Orientation: Montana
• Library of Congress subjects Doig, Ivan, Doig family
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 79018783
• Dewey Decimal Code B