This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

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…

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