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Dancing at the Rascal Fair

by Ivan Doig · 1987

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The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fairis an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains.

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Ivan Doig's supple tale of landseekers unfolds into a fateful contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill, walled apart by their obligations as they and their stormy kith and kin vie to tame the brutal, beautiful Two Medicine country.

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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisMontanaMontanaMore like thisLess of thisAmerican WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 416 pages

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