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Ivan Doig is one of the great American writers. This book is, chronologically, in the middle of what started out as a trilogy (Dancing At The Rascal Fair and Ride With Me Mariah Montana being the bracketing books) that expanded with Mountain Time. This book is also the most accessible to people who are not familiar with Doig but who might enjoy books about boys coming of age. Doig is a brilliant writer, better than Stegner. I recommend all of the books in the series.
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This is a very good coming of age novel - historical novel. Set in rural Montana on the eve of World War II, English Creek describes the summer experiences of an intelligent 15 year old. Written by a Montana native who has done a good deal of historical research, English Creek is not only a Bildungsroman but also a detailed portrait of life in rural Montana. Told with humor and considerable insight, English Creek is a sweet but not saccharine book about a more innocent but not necessarily easier time.
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ENGLISH CREEK is about a boy's awakening into maturity. It's the summer of his 15th birthday and Jick McCaskill experiences new awareness -- of his history as well as of his relationships with and among family and friends. His sense of security is threatened when his older brother defies their parents to take up with a local beauty and become a cowboy instead of going to college. Jick is challenged by unexpected changes in new grown-up ways and as he meets those challenges he sees himself and his world through a dying innocence.
To say Doig's prose is rich and powerful is like describing a tornado as breezy. A master of the English language, story-teller par excellence and character builder supreme, funny, intelligent, witty, sad is to understate. Superlatives fall short of accuracy. Ivan Doig's books are as real as life itself. To contemplate his words is to rethink reality and to embrace new insights.
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I had to read this book for my college english class and it may in fact be the most boring book I have ever read. I am an avid reader and usually will read anything that I can get my hands on but I couldn't wait to end this stupid book and get on with my life. Every single one of my classmates hated it and unless you're a very cruel english teacher please don't make your poor students read this god forsaken book. I only gave it two stars because the last two pages were the only interesting ones out of the VERY long drawn out book!
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"English Creek" is a great intro into the trilogy. I have just finished all three and hated to see the end of each. You truly grow to love the characters. This book remind me of "All the Pretty Horses" as it focuses on a young man coming of age in the 20's & 30's - about the time of many of our WW II vets.
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