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Title:
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THE LAST CROSSING
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By: |
Guy Vanderhaeghe |
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Paperback |
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£13.99 |
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£12.59 |
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ISBN 10: |
0349117268 |
ISBN 13: |
9780349117263 |
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Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
Pub. date: |
3 February, 2005 |
Pages: |
480 |
Description: |
* A sweeping tale of interwoven lives and stories, set during the second half of the 19th century in the American and Canadian West, as well as Victorian England |
Synopsis: |
Charles and Addington Gaunt must find their free-spirited brother, Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. They enlist the services of a guide to lead them on their journey across a harsh and unknown landscape. This is the enigmatic Jerry Potts, half Blackfoot, half Scottish, who suffers his own painful past. They are joined by Lucy Stoveall, a woman filled with rage and sorrow over the loss of her young sister Madge who was brutally murdered. She is on a vengeful mission to track down and kill the murderous Kelso brothers. The group is joined by a jumble of other characters en route, each of whom are forced to confront their own demons. But at the novel's centre is a love story. Vanderhaeghe glides effortlessly through the patois and frontier talk, faultlessly switching from cultured English characters to American roughnecks to Scots-Canadians, and the natural prairie landscape is evoked brilliantly. |
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UK |
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Abacus |
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