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Ivan Doig


Born
in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, The United States
June 27, 1939

Died
April 09, 2015

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Ivan Doig was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana to a family of homesteaders and ranch hands. After the death of his mother Berneta, on his sixth birthday, he was raised by his father Charles "Charlie" Doig and his grandmother Elizabeth "Bessie" Ringer. After several stints on ranches, they moved to Dupuyer, Pondera County, Montana in the north to herd sheep close to the Rocky Mountain Front.

After his graduation from Valier high school, Doig attended Northwestern University, where he received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in journalism. He later earned a Ph.D. in American history at the University of Washington, writing his dissertation about John J. McGilvra (1827-1903). He lived with his wife Carol Doig, née Muller, a univ ...more

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“Childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul.”
― Ivan Doig, The Whistling Season
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“The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.”
― Ivan Doig, This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
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“Life is mostly freehand.”
― Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners
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