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Work Song by Ivan Doig


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Sep 1, 2010

index4.jpgThe 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