Last bus to wisdom
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(3)
4 star
 
(1)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Author:
Lexile measure:
1160L
Rating:
1160L
Status:
11 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
East Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction has 3
DOIG
Leesville Community - Adult Fiction
DOIG
Also in This Series
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
East Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Leesville Community - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Leesville Community - Adult Fiction
DOIG
Checked out
North Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Oberlin Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
Remote Storage - Adult Fiction
DOIG
No Longer Avail.
Remote Storage - Adult Fiction
DOIG
On Shelf
West Regional - Adult Fiction
DOIG
Checked out
More Details
Published:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2015.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
453 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781594632020 : HRD, 1594632022 : HRD, 9781594632020 (HRD), 1594632022 (HRD), 9781594632020 (hardcover)
Lexile measure:
1160

Notes

Description
"In the spirit of The Bartender's Tale, a lively and poignant coming-of-age story about a boy and his great-uncle on a cross-country odyssey. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for "female trouble" in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate-bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical--is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German (as Donal discovers him to be), and Donal can't seem to get on her good side either. After one contretemps too many, Kate decides to pack him back to the authorities in Montana on the next Greyhound. But to Donal's surprise, he's not traveling solo: Herman the German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, meeting a classic Doigian ensemble of characters and having rollicking misadventures along the way. Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is another treasure of a novel from the best storyteller of the West"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
1160L,Lexile
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Doig, I. (2015). Last bus to wisdom. New York, Riverhead Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Doig, Ivan. 2015. Last Bus to Wisdom. New York, Riverhead Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Doig, Ivan, Last Bus to Wisdom. New York, Riverhead Books, 2015.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Doig, Ivan. Last Bus to Wisdom. New York, Riverhead Books, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
47d423f8-6947-dcdc-2ff1-5defa16b91dc
Go To GroupedWork

Record Information

Last Horizon Extract TimeApr 17, 2024 12:22:26 PM
Last File Modification TimeApr 17, 2024 12:22:26 PM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeApr 19, 2024 03:07:22 AM

MARC Record

LEADER03402pam a2200529 i 4500
001  2015014721
003DLC
00520160905141300.0
008150417s2015    nyu           000 1 eng  
010 |a  2015014721
020 |a 9781594632020 : HRD|c 28.95
020 |a 1594632022 : HRD|c 28.95
020 |a 9781594632020 (HRD)|c 28.95
020 |a 1594632022 (HRD)|c 28.95
020 |a 9781594632020 (hardcover)
035 |a 700156
040 |a DLC|b eng|e rda|c DLC|d NjBwBT|d GCmBT|d UtOrBLW
042 |a pcc
05000|a PS3554.O415|b L37 2015
08200|a 813/.54|2 23
092 |a DOIG
1001 |a Doig, Ivan
24510|a Last bus to wisdom /|c Ivan Doig.
264 1|a New York :|b Riverhead Books,|c 2015.
300 |a 453 pages ;|c 24 cm
336 |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent
337 |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia
338 |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier
520 |a "In the spirit of The Bartender's Tale, a lively and poignant coming-of-age story about a boy and his great-uncle on a cross-country odyssey. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for "female trouble" in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate-bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical--is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German (as Donal discovers him to be), and Donal can't seem to get on her good side either. After one contretemps too many, Kate decides to pack him back to the authorities in Montana on the next Greyhound. But to Donal's surprise, he's not traveling solo: Herman the German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, meeting a classic Doigian ensemble of characters and having rollicking misadventures along the way. Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is another treasure of a novel from the best storyteller of the West"--|c Provided by publisher.
5218 |a 1160L|b Lexile
650 0|a Boys|v Fiction
650 0|a Uncles|v Fiction
650 0|a Travelers|v Fiction
655 7|a Road fiction|2 gsafd
655 7|a Bildungsromans|2 gsafd
949 |b 32046208856505|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l ERL|n 5786340|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 11|y BK
949 |b 32046207832218|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l EVA|n 5583119|o 0|s i|w 05/21/2015|x 21|y BK
949 |b 32046208856554|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l EVA|n 5786345|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 19|y BK
949 |b 32046207832234|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l EVA|n 5583121|o 0|s i|w 05/21/2015|x 12|y BK
949 |b 32046207832382|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l LAB|n 5583136|o 0|s trace|w 05/21/2015|x 17|y BK
949 |b 32046207832192|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l LAB|n 5583117|o 0|s i|w 05/21/2015|x 20|y BK
949 |b 32046301341629|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l LEE|n 6225679|o 0|s o|w 01/18/2017|x 13|y BK
949 |b 32046208856489|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l LEE|n 5786338|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 9|y BK
949 |b 32046208856539|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l NOR|n 5786343|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 22|y BK
949 |b 32046207832317|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l OBR|n 5583129|o 0|s i|w 05/21/2015|x 20|y BK
949 |b 32046207832291|c SYSAFIC|d DOIG|l WRL|n 5583127|o 0|s o|w 05/21/2015|x 18|y BK
999 |a 700156