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 ...
Read More
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. Vanderhaeghe's new novel is an epic masterpiece that solidifies his place as one of Canada's best storytellers.
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good in Good jacket. GC plus. Mcclelland & Stewart, 2002. First US edition-first printing(1 2 3 4 5). Grey hardback(two stain marks on the edges of the back cover, two small nicks on the cover, gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(watermark/stain inside the edges of the back Dj cover, small nicks, crease and scratch on the Dj cover), both in good condition plus. Nice and clean pages with a couple of creases and small nick on the edges of the pages, previous owner's name written and small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. The book is in GC except for the stain marks on the cover/Dj cover.394pp. Price un-clipped. Heavy book.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus DJ. 8vo, Grey boards, gilt letters. DJ has very light wear. 394 pages. A sweeping tale of interwoven lives and stories, set in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the American and Canadian West and in Victorian England, The Last Crossing is a breathtaking novel of adventure, darkness, and masterful storytelling of one of Canada's most celebrated authors.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Signed by Author (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title pages, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 394pp. A novel of harshness and redemption set in the Canadian and American West and in Victorian England. (1.9 JM HOJ 300/b1.
