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Watson: Montana 1948 Summary In a small town out West, the summer of 1948 is a turning point in the lives of 12-year-old David Hayden and his parents. When David's uncle is accused of sexual abuse, the family must choose between loyalty and justice. Author Biography Larry Watson, the author of Montana 1948, was born in Rugby, North Dakota. His father, and his grandfather before him, was the sheriff of this small town in northeastern North Dakota. When he was five years old, the family moved to Bismarck, North Dakota. Although Watson loved to read, he was an unmotivated student. After junior college, during which he married his high school sweetheart, he entered the University of North Dakota. He enrolled in a writing class and began writing poems. With faculty encouragement, he abandoned pre-law and decided on teaching as a career. He wrote stories for his M.A., then moved to the University of Utah to pursue the flexible Ph. D. program in creative writing.
For his thesis at the University of Utah, he wrote In a Dark Time, a mystery of sorts. This was his first published novel, which gained respectful reviews although it was not especially profitable. After leaving the University of Utah, Watson taught at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. His recent success has allowed him to cut his teaching time in half. He has considered leaving Stevens Point to find a new comfortable place. Success was elusive, and it was not until 1993 and the publication of Montana 1948 that Watson achieved his goal.
Montana 1948 won Milkweed's annual National Fiction Prize. Watson has since published Justice, a prequel to Montana 1948, and White Crosses just this year. bla.
