“A heart-stomping, heart-stopping read. Unsentimental. Unforgettable. Astonishing. Brothers on Three captures the roar of a community spirit powered by blood history, loyalty, and ferocious love.” —Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
“Occasionally a sports team can reflect a community in all its complexity and beauty. The Arlee Warriors played with enormous grace under pressure, and this superb book—by being honest, real, and reflective—mirrors and honors that strength. You will not soon forget it.” —Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter and The End of Nature
“Meticulously reported and exquisitely written, Abe Streep’s Brothers on Three is a masterwork of immersive journalism. Streep’s integrity as a journalist and as a human shines through on every page.” —Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Amity and Prosperity and The Tenth Parallel
“Beautiful. Extraordinary. Step up into this book, which like all great books leads us to the center of something of great importance. Who deserves a place in Montana, or for that matter, a place in America? To be not just the writer who wrote this book, but the person who could write this book, and ask these questions, took a sublime amount of humility and grace. Long live Arlee, its elders and its children. They bring honor to our world.” —Bob Shacochis, recipient of the National Book Award, author of Kingdoms in the Air and The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
Reviews and Coverage:
The New York Times (Editors’ Choice), by Sam Dolnick
Library Journal (starred review)
Transmotion, by Alexander Williams
Inlander, by Bill Bryant
Middlebury Magazine, by Alexander Wolff
Outside, by Tasha Zemke
5280, by Geoff Van Dyke
Montana Free Press, interview with Brad Tyer
Flathead Beacon, by Mike Kordenbrock
More about Brothers on Three can be found at Celadon Books. For teachers: the Montana Office of Public Instruction has developed a teaching plan for Brothers on Three, which can be found here.