Last Bus to Wisdom (Paperback)

from streamsong

Eleven year old Donny Cameron has seen more than his share of bad luck. Orphaned when both his parents were killed in a car crash, he lives with his beloved grandmother who cooks for a Montana ranch. But she needs an operation that will require months of recuperation and hospital care. Told that ...

from Meredy

Six-word review: Coming of age on the road. Slightly extended review: Traveling by Greyhound from Montana to Wisconsin and back, an eleven-year-old boy has adventures and meets characters who change his life. It's a road story, a buddy story, a growing-up story, and we've read and seen it all bef...

from mldavis2

The author is recently deceased but this is my first encounter with his work. The book is a fictional account of an eleven year old budding con-artist making his way in the world away from his grandmother. Apparently, much of the background is related to the author's own life. A good read, not ve...

from janerawoof

Charming, humorous look at a bygone era [summer of 1951] through the eyes of a young boy, Donal, sent from Montana to visit his Great-Aunt and -Uncle in faraway Wisconsin, on the "dog bus" [i.e., Greyhound]. After a journey peopled by many eccentric characters and events, Donal reaches his relati...

from Donna828

This was a likable coming-of-age story written by the late great Ivan Doig. How fitting that the author draws on his own memories of attending Indian Pow-wows during the mid-1950s. The bus trip itself is the product of a good imagination and an even better storyteller. I liked the range of ages a...