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Smith henderson creates a whole community in the forests of western montana, mostly seen through the eyes of pete snow, the sole representative of the department of family services. The cover of fourth of july creek does exactly what it is supposed to do. In between festivities, enjoy allinclusive onranch adventures, like horseback riding, fly fishing and a ropes course challenge, or pamper yourself with a granite spa treatment kickoff the weekend with a cowboy social hour before. Fourth of july creek general information fourth of july creek is a tributary of the salmon river approximately 14 miles south of stanley, idaho. Pete is a social worker for the department of family services, working in tenmile, montana, at the beginning of the 1980s. A riveting story written in a seductive and relentlessly authentic rural american vernacular, this is the kind of novel i wish id written. Fourth of july creek is an extremely dark book, but hendersons lyrical sentences lend an elegancean importanceto the lives of his fictional children. Morning, noon, and night, deep creek lake is buzzing with fun events and activities to make the most of this starspangled holiday.