From the bestselling author of Montana 1948 comes the explosive story of an artist, his muse, and the staggering price they pay for their chance at immortality. Sonja Skordahl, a Norwegian immigrant, came to America looking for a new life. Instead, she settled in Door County, Wisconsin, and mar...
"I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation." (Exodus 20:5)"The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son." (Ezekiel 18:20)Does your father’s character predetermine ...
HE APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY, SMILING AND RAISING A finger to the bill of his baseball cap in greeting to the diners. His first steps forward clatter on the kitchen floor. Goddamnit! his mother says. Don’t come in here in those shoes! You’re going to chew up this linoleum and it ain’t even two month...
To do that, according to the terms of the 1862 Homestead Act, he had to settle on the land in a more or less permanent dwelling (a sod house or railroad shack would qualify) and make improvements on the land for five years. Although Julian was only sixteen and homesteaders were supposed to be at ...
My clothes were wet, my face was throbbing, and I started to shiver.But I had no intention of staying there. Nor would I howl or claw at the door. I fumbled around with my stiff, freezing fingers until I found the keys to the Valiant in my pocket. I climbed into the car, started it up, and put it...