This House of Sky
Landscapes of a Western Mind
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 19, 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A memoir shaped by western Montana, where landscape and family illuminate the past.
- Themes
- Growing up in the American West, Land and personal identity, Family ties and values
- Genres
- Personal Memoirs, Western U.S. History, Cultural Heritage Lives
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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.
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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.
Land and Belonging
A memoir shaped by western Montana, where landscape and family illuminate the past.
Come here for
- Western Montana seen through intimate memory
- Family ties, love, and the pull toward independence
Expect
- A haunting, carefully examined past
- Landscape and family sharing the same frame
Where it sits
| Western U.S. History | 78% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 75% |
| Cultural Heritage Lives | 63% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Writers' Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Western U.S. History
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- World History
- History Writing
- American Literary Collections
- Essay Collections
- Authors
- Ivan Doig
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 19, 1980
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Growing up in the American West · Land and personal identity · Family ties and values
- Reading lane
- Lives in History