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    <body><![CDATA[I stuggled to finish this book and don't know why. It was full of information about the public works programs of the 30's and how it affected one extended family along the Missouri.  Each member of the family had some role in the building of the Fort Peck dam.  The novel describes how this effected ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42214704">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Now I know more than I ever wanted to know about construction of an earthen dam, but it was interesting. The many characters of this book, though, were so flat it was almost comical. We had the whore with the heart of gold, the flighty and naughty twin, the serious and good twin, the society-wanna-b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77619117">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ivan Doig's writing is so rich - rich in information, relationships, emotions.  In Bucking the Sun he fascinated me with descriptions of the building of the country's (world's?) largest earth damn, one of the WPA, get the country back to work projects during Roosevelts tenure.  And the family of 3 b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29463477">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is a good story, draws you in from the start. BUT I am a bit embarrassed that I even read this book. I thought about not posting it, there is A LOT of language and quite a bit of sexual content as well. Some may be fine, but it was too much for me. I just had to know who died, so I kept going. Pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42453413">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my fave or the Doig books, although even as I type that I can picture some of the landscapes he describes so well (he really brought the WPA work camp to life for me) - which is what always makes me read whatever I can find of his on the shelf. The Rascal Fair series is still my fave though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This story revolves around the building of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, of particular interest to me because I grew up in that area and my uncles worked on the dam. As usual, Doig did a brilliant job of creating characters that are unforgettable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great book by Ivan Doig.  I loved reading about the &quot;company town,&quot; the &quot;classes&quot; of people involved in building the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, and the issues and dramas that came up in that one-time community. Definitely an educational book!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a slow summer read.  I had to force myself through it.  I did not make friends with any of the characters in the book and I thought the twist was illogical.  <br/><br/>I do love the massive scale of the public works project, and Bucking the Sun would have benefited from concentrating on the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64493875">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The ending was a surprise. I thought all along the couple would be Darius and Meg. I don’t quite understand why Rosellen was intent on killing Darius however, unless she just wanted high drama. Did she suspect him of sabotaging the dam project and wanted revenge on behalf of Owen her true lover? W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46114801">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though not as good as other Doig work, this depression era murder story is still pretty entertaining, though hardly as warm and fuzzy as his Montana trilogy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wish the author had provided more explanation about the technicalities of dam building.  I'm still confused.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not think this was one of his best books.  But, after all, it is an Ivan Doig book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Started out a little rough, didn't take well at first to his slangy 30s language. Found it a bit annoying. But once I warmed to his voice/got more familiar with the characters I really got into this book. Kept thinking about the characters when I was away from the book, which is a big thumbs-up from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32810907">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[     This novel gave me a feel for living and working in a wild government town on one of the big projects of the Works Progress Administration. The project was a huge earth dam. The town around it was wild with every sordid character and experience to be had. To it you can add a suspense thriller a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10486006">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love how Doig's novel capture the mood of Depression era Montana. However, unlike his other Montana books, I didn't find any of the characters especially likable. It took me much longer than normal to finish this book because I wasn't especially motivated to find out the fate of any of the Duff fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31068330">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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