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Ivan Doig (/ ˈ aɪ v ən ˈ d ɔɪ ɡ /; June 27, 1939 – April 9, 2015) was an American author and novelist, widely known for his sixteen fiction and non-fiction books set mostly in his native Montana, celebrating the landscape and people of the post-war American West.
A memoir of the author's early life in Montana, [1] it was a finalist for the National Book Award. [2] [3] It was Doig's first book, written in Seattle and followed by several fiction and nonfiction books. [4] The memoir was based on interviews with his father and others, as well as archival research at the University of Washington. [5] It was ...
Bucking the Sun is a novel by American author Ivan Doig, published in 1996. It is the fourth book in Doig's Two Medicine Country series. [ 1 ] The title refers to "working against the glare of sunrise or sunset".
The Fort Peck Dam is also featured in Ivan Doig’s novel, The Bartender’s Tale. Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam, by Montana author Lois Lonnquist, published in 2006, is an overall history of the Fort Peck dam and spillway construction. Built by the Army Corps of Engineers, PWA Project #30 provided ...
List of Western television series; Golden Boot Awards; Terms; Old West; Cowboy culture; Cowboy; Gunfighter; Outlaw; ... Ivan Doig (1939–2015) Harry Sinclair Drago; E
Ivan Doig papers: Manuscripts, proofs and galleys, typed and handwritten writing fragments, pocket notebooks, note cards, diaries, journals, photographs, audio/visual material, and memorabilia created or collected by Ivan Doig. The entire collection is also available online.
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Since 2017, the archive has been developing a collection of ambisonic recordings made at locations within Montana and other Western states. [12] The Soundscapes of Ivan Doig includes soundscape recordings and interviews from the lands and peoples featured in some of the American author's 16 novels. [11]