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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Montana 1948: A Novelby: Larry Watson  List Price: $14.00 Amazon.com's Price: $11.20 You Save: $2.80 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781571310613 ISBN: 1571310614 Label: Milkweed Editions Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 186 Publication Date: May 25, 2007 Publisher: Milkweed Editions Studio: Milkweed Editions Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: “From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them… “ So begins David Hayden’s story of what happened in Montana in 1948. The events of that cataclysmic summer permanently alter twelve-year-old David’s understanding of his family: his father, a small-town sheriff; his remarkably strong mother; David’s uncle Frank, a war hero and respected doctor; and the Haydens’ Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations turn the family’s life upside down as she relates how Frank has been molesting his female Indian patients. As their story unravels around David, he learns that truth is not what one believes it to be, that power is abused, and that sometimes one has to choose between family loyalty and justice. Average Rating:
 Rating: - great bookI read it years ago but would totally recommend it. if you like this, try Mary McGarry Morris & Larry Brown. Rating:  - Small-minded persons in big sky countryA twelve-year-old boy recounts a tragedy involving an uncle and a Native American woman in this story about racism, family loyalty and the quest for justice. Wes, an attorney by schooling, is the sheriff of a small town situated near an Indian reservation. He lives under the shadow of his controlling father who favors the sheriff's brother, a war hero and doctor. Their Native American nanny and housekeeper's fearful reaction to a house call leads to an informal investigation into allegations that ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent BookI read this book in one sitting. His characters were fascinating and his depiction of a the small Montana community was excellent... and almost 60 years after this story takes place, some things are still the same. Rating: - A small gem!This is a beautiful and concise novel which you will want to read in one sitting. From the first sentence the narrator engages the reader in a timeless story in which family allegiances and social justice are in conflict. It is gratifying to read a book which is at the same time spare and rich. It is written with skill and economy of words. The story and characters ring true and remain with the reader. Highly recommended. Rating: - Loss of innocence . . .This short novel joins the ranks of a number of other fine books about adult dilemmas told from the point of view of a young protagonist. In this case, it is a 12-year-old boy whose father, the sheriff in a small Montana town, must make a moral choice that will either see justice done or allow the guilty party, a member of their family, to go free and unpunished. As I read this book, I was reminded of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." Both set in a bygone era in a small town, where the law is ... Read More 
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