Ride with Me, Mariah Montana

Ivan Doig. Penguin Books, $14 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-14-015607-2

In this conclusion to the McCaskill trilogy, moody widower Jickyes,JICK , his feisty photographer daughter, Mariah, and her ex-husband, Riley, celebrate Montana's 1989 centennial by criss-crossing the state in a Winnebago. Doig ``displays a masterful skill in depicting the American West which few writers match,'' said PW. ``This entertaining ramble blends travelogue, family drama, history and newspaper lore.'' Author tour. (Nov.)

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