Genre: Novel
Grade: B
Notable People: Ivan Doig
Title: The Whistling Season
Review –Doig writes really well about the West in the late 19th century- particularly about the settling of Montana and the huge irrigation projects to water the west. This is the third of his with that theme in the background. I like his characters a lot and this is a really good story; most of which takes place in a one room ,eight grade schoolhouse. Morrie Morgan, the reluctant teacher of all the kids- is a GREAT character. It’s a book with a lot of good feel- and if you like historical kinds of fiction- you’ll most likely like this. That being said- the grade went down because I thought it petered out at the end- and was wrapped up a bit too cleanly for my taste. Still- an easy read, and if you have not been “Doigged” before- you may want to give it a try.