This House of Sky Audiobook By Ivan Doig cover art

This House of Sky

Landscapes of a Western Mind

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

This House of Sky

By: Ivan Doig
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $21.49

Buy for $21.49

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig's brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West.

©1978 Ivan Doig (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC Americas Art & Literature Authors State & Local United States Heartfelt
Beautiful Prose • Vivid Descriptions • Outstanding Narration • Poetic Language • Timeless Storytelling
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
This is the most beautiful book ever written. I read it over and over. Now listen to it. Beautiful performance by Tom Stechschulte.

6 stars

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Living in Montana makes me love this book more. I've been cold in White Sulphur and floated the Smith

love at first chapter

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator was fantastic. I can still hear him in my head. The book is so full of memories, not just Mr Doig's but mine. My mother's family came from Scotland and some of the words a phrases jumped out at me like a very welcome present. Honyakers is a word I remember well and miss hearing from my mom. Thank you Mr Doig, for sharing your father and Lady with us.

Love this book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
He paints a picture so completely it’s mesmerizing. In the audible version I often had to go back a minute or two to just appreciate his use of words. Feel the chill, smell the pastures, know exactly what the sky looks like. The narrator Tom Stechulte is the perfect perfect person to read this book. I’d listen to him read a book about scrubbing pots and pans.

Doig is a master of words

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved the story. I grew up in Montana, so a lot of the places were familiar to me. it is awesome driving through those areas and being able to picture what it was like where the events actually happened.

montana in the old

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
One of the best books I have ever listened to. The writing is vivid and paints a 3D picture of the Montana of Doig’s youth. Can’t wait to listen to it again!

An epic tale...

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I grabbed this book as a result of watching a biography about the author in PBS. Yeah, I was late night channel surfing.

The author has an amazing way of painting a picture. I could see, feel, and smell every scene in this book. I'd give anything to be able to tell stories this well.

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip into the past. What a great historical record of a time when people had to be resilliant just to survive. And what a great tribute to the people in the author's life. I was so moved by his father and grandmother.

Also, the narrorator was true perfection.

A Vivid Trip Back in Time

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Knowing those places of which Doing writes, I loved this book. And be sure to listen to the post script.

Montana as it was

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
For me to have stumbled onto This House of Sky by chance seems quite improbable. Again and again throughout my listening, I pictured my own father (and me in some situations) as both Doigs, father and son. Love the writing style that gives such eloquent and efficient treatment to homespun, back country, ranch life vocabulary and phrases. Anxious to discover more from Ivan Doig.

Stirred many memories and emotions

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Your painting with words is a talent to be enjoyed by all. Thank you for sharing it as well as the story of you and your family.

Thank you Ivan.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews