tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5676216565551303752..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Montana Storiespattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69212694053938145622014-03-13T13:40:55.976-04:002014-03-13T13:40:55.976-04:00From the YA shelf, THE LONER by Ester Wier. (Newbe...From the YA shelf, THE LONER by Ester Wier. (Newbery Honor Book, 1964...the urban analog, IT'S LIKE THIS, CAT, won the medal.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-91254706647548779602014-03-12T10:41:48.216-04:002014-03-12T10:41:48.216-04:00I didn't think I'd read any Montana books ...I didn't think I'd read any Montana books but <i>A River Runs Through It</i> (as I am reminded by JTG) qualifies! Very moving and very personal for me.<br /><br />But reading about Montana and actually being there are two separate things. I've been to Glacier National Park and was in awe. Saw lots of black bears, spectacular hiking in the mountains, nearly done in by lighting while sleeping in our tents during the most ominous thunderstorm I've ever experienced. We were also held a bay on a trail by some intimidating grouse doing a very involved and fascinating mating ritual. Couldn't get around them for about five minutes!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46131025835928754542014-03-12T00:28:47.223-04:002014-03-12T00:28:47.223-04:00That seems to happen a lot. Sadly. That seems to happen a lot. Sadly. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18912484045427672722014-03-11T21:23:47.203-04:002014-03-11T21:23:47.203-04:00Montana writers I have enjoyed include Peter Bowen...Montana writers I have enjoyed include Peter Bowen and Robert Sims Reid, but both seem to have disappeared.Kent Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834261948994921554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68895234410666050612014-03-10T19:08:38.436-04:002014-03-10T19:08:38.436-04:00Ivan Doig's Bucking the Sun, about the buildin...Ivan Doig's Bucking the Sun, about the building of the Fort Peck Dam in the 1930s intertwined with a multi-generational family saga and a gradually-revealed mystery (who are the two people whose bodies are pulled from a car that plunges into the water?) I should add I've never been to "big sky country," but I too enjoy reading about it.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-48895715725844836852014-03-10T09:48:44.605-04:002014-03-10T09:48:44.605-04:00Completely forgot THE LAST GOOD KISS was set there...Completely forgot THE LAST GOOD KISS was set there. Yes, Maclean for sure. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65926594496995391352014-03-10T09:25:41.740-04:002014-03-10T09:25:41.740-04:00Norman Maclean wrote a few great stories.Norman Maclean wrote a few great stories.JTG in Texasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80426625081578771192014-03-10T08:56:04.765-04:002014-03-10T08:56:04.765-04:00THE LAST GOOD KISS, James Crumley
Jeff M.THE LAST GOOD KISS, James Crumley<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65490485159599744182014-03-10T08:35:03.000-04:002014-03-10T08:35:03.000-04:00LEGENDS OF THE FALL by Jim Harrison and the movie ...LEGENDS OF THE FALL by Jim Harrison and the movie of same title.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8282908366964273572014-03-10T08:00:38.975-04:002014-03-10T08:00:38.975-04:00Patti - I have to agree with you about Larry Watso...Patti - I have to agree with you about Larry Watson. He'd be my pick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com