This tale of lost innocence and adulthood gained has its roots in the events of summer, 1948. It is at that time in Montana, childhood home of David Hayden, that the memories of those closest to the then 12-year-old David are revealed, showing him that truth is not what he had believed it to be.
Like Wesley Hayden, the father in Montana 1948, Watson's father was a sheriff. When Watson was five, however, his family moved to the larger city of Bismarck, North Dakota, where his father practiced law. Watson grew up in Bismarck and ...
A study guide on the disturbing novel by Larry Watson is written by a specialist in American literature, Dr Sue Sciortino.
Montana 1948
Justice is the stunning prequel that illuminates the Hayden clan’s early years, and the circumstances that led to the events of Montana 1948.
Calvin Sidey, one of the last of the old cowboys, returns to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, to the very home he once abandoned, to stay with his grandchildren for a week while his estranged son is away.
In the wake of a third student's murder, reticent Wanekia High School teacher Peter begins keeping a disturbing journal of the community's actions and his own that makes him realize his personal ambivalence toward violence. Reprint.
James rode out on Honey, a barn-sour creature if there ever was one. Of course she'd come back to the herd first chance. George was the one who saw her coming and he was off the porch like a shot. We found James out by a twisty old ...
Mercer County Sheriff Jack Nevelsen has sworn to serve and protect his corner of Montana, which includes his lifelong home, the small tidy town of Bentrock.
The author of the acclaimed Montana 1948 “spins charm and melancholy” in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (Denver Post).
It’s been a lifetime of proving that she is allowed to exist in her own sphere. The Lives of Edie Pritchard tells the story of one woman just trying to be herself, even as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her.