Ride with Me, Mariah Montana
By Ivan Doig
(Scribner, Paperback, 9780743271264, 336pp.)
Publication Date: May 31, 2005
Categories: General
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This greathearted novel is the finale of Ivan Doig's passionate and authentic trilogy about the McCaskill family and their alluring Two Medicine country along the hem of the northern Rockies.
Jick McCaskill, the illustrious narrator of English Creek, returns as the witty and moving voice in this classic encounter with the American road and all the rewards and travails it can bring. Jick faces his family's -- and his state's -- legacy of loss and perseverance from the vantage point of Montana's centennial in 1989 when his daughter Mariah enlists him as Winnebago chauffeur to her and her ex-husband, the magnificently ornery and eloquent columnist Riley Wright, when their news-paper dispatches them to dig up stories of the "real Montana." Just as the centennial is a cause for reflection as well as jubilation, the exuberant travels of this trio bring on encounters with the past in "memory storms" that become occasions for reassessment and necessary accommodations of the heart.
Ivan Doig grew up in a family of Montana ranch hands during the 1940s and '50s. The author of ten books, including the acclaimed novels that make up the Montana Trilogy -- -English Creek, Dancing at the Rascal Fair, and Ride with Me, Mariah Montana- -- he lives with his wife in Seattle. Visit the author's website at www.ivandoig.com.
"An extravagant celebration filled with devotion, and with passion for its locale, its people, and their history."
-- The Washington Post
"A casually artful and triumphant end to Doig's trilogy."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Doig again displays a masterly skill in depicting the American West which few writers match."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Spiced with Doig's inimitable dialogue and colorful characters, Ride with Me, Mariah Montana preserves a cherished bit of America's landscape and history for all of us."
-- USA Today
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