Thomas Savage

• 1948
• / Historical
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"Originally published in 1948, one year after A. B. Guthrie''s The Big Sky, Lona Hanson establishes many of the themes of Thomas Savage''s later masterworks. In ranchwoman Lona Hanson, Savage creates an extraordinary character: passionate, driven, do...

• 1974
• / General Fiction
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• 1977
• / General Fiction
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A western family saga at once intimate and epic, this rich, compelling, emotionally charged novel tells the story of the Sweringen family of Idaho: Emma, the matriarch, known as the Sheep Queen; the daughter who disappoints her; the grandson who ador...

• Sep-1983
• / General Fiction
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Possessed of astonishing beauty, steady self-possession, and a glorious style, Mary Skoning, the daughter of a dairy farmer, pursues a modeling career in Chicago, makes an unlikely marriage in Montana, and finds passion and troubles in a second marri...

• Jul-1988
• / General Fiction
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This is the story of John Metlen and Martin Connard, both founding fathers of the town of Grayling, Montana, and their families. Beginning in 1890, the novel chronicles the complex relationship between two generations of these clans....

• Jun-2001
• / General Fiction
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Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback ...

• May-2009
• / Literary
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“The Pass” was Thomas Savage’s first novel, written by the iconic Western novelist in the 1930s and originally published by Doubleday in 1944. The book, set near Savage’s hometown of Dillon, Montana, takes place around 1910 when the area is n...