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Dancing at the Rascal Fair

By: Ivan Doig
Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
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Dancing at the Rascal Fair by National Book Award nominee Ivan Doig, captures the passion and tenacity of turn-of-the-century immigrants struggling to build new lives amidst Montana’s windswept Rockies. The tale unfolds into a contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill—kept apart by obligations—as they and their stormy kin vie to tame the brutal land.

©1987 Ivan Doig (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC Historical Fiction Friendship Westerns Literary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt Coming of Age

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“Magnificent… Dancing at the Rascal Fair establishes its author in the front ranks of contemporary American writers.” ( Seattle Times)
"The settlement of Montana between 1890 and 1919 is recounted through the quiet but compelling life of Angus McCaskill, a young Scotsman who travels with his friend Rob Barclay to Montana's Two Medicine Country to homestead. Doig writes fervently of the voyage from Scotland and the lean first years, as the two share the work and hardship of establishing claims and building up flocks of sheep. He tells of their separate marriages, the severing of their friendship, and the final resolution of their conflict through death. Doig successfully recaptures the violence of the Montana elements and the staunch heritage of the Scottish settlers." ( Library Journal)

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Great reader for a grand story! I'm soon on the the second of the trilogy.

My favorite story!

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This is an enjoyable book with lots of memorable characters. Plot wise it’s kinda slow, but if you like a character-driven novel with an interesting setting and historical background, you’ll probably like this book. The reader is fantastic. His Missouri voice is spot-on.

Not as good as Whistling Season

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The narrator made the book. I read it many years ago but having the Scottish accent added to the story.

Loved it

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The complexity of the characters, the beauty and hardness of Montana. Beautiful imagery and writing.

Another Doig masterpiece

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This is a low-key, kind of slow-moving (in a good way) book, but it is a well-written, engaging story of human life. Despite its length, I was sorry when it was over. My only complaint was that I found the sort of Gone-With-The-Wind ongoing "love" story a bit overblown but that is a very minor complaint. This was a very good listen and I highly recommend it.

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