Sep 1, 2010
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig(see the blog post from 5/14/10) is aptly described as a "gem". Morrie Morgan, one of the main characters of both books, is among my favorite literary characters. Without revealing too many details of The Whistling Season, Morrie reappears a decade later in Butte, Montana where the story of Work Song begins. As America is recovering from World War I, this rough and ready copper-mining town is experiencing tremendous growth, "100,000 strong atop the earth's mineral crown." This would seem the ideal place for someone like Morrie Morgan to slip into