num_pages: 412
description: Around this eye-of-the-cyclone family swirls the epic that was Fort Peck &amp; its cast of thousands -- con men &amp; G-men, politicos &amp; prostitutes, drawn by the workers who labored above, below &amp; beside the river, through sweltering heat &amp; winters so savage ice formed inside their shanties. And always, there is the river, restlessly eddying toward a tragedy that will entrap some &amp; pardon others. I have long felt about Ivan Doig s books much as Will Rogers must have felt about his fellow human beings -- I ve never met one I didn t like. Doig has concentrated his immense writing talents on telling this epic tale.
language: English
title: Bucking the Sun
titlecomplete: Bucking the Sun
genres: Relationships, Drama, Historical, Mystery, Novels, Family, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 1526
places: Missouri River, The United States of America, Montana
series: Two Medicine Country
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster