Not to be confused with the famed twentieth-century British prime minister, American author Winston Churchill took as his fictional palette the history of his native country. Following in the tradition of Churchill's other sweeping historical epics, The Crossing is a thrilling account of the settlement of the Western United States, with a particular focus on the rough-and-tumble early years of the territory that would later become Kentucky.
'The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous' The Times This edition is part of the Picador Collection, a series of the best in contemporary literature, inaugurated in Picador's 50th Anniversary year.
An essential novel by any measure, and the transfixing middle passage of Cormac McCarthy's ongoing trilogy, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.
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“Cisco?” Bosch called. The man stopped and turned back to see who had called out. Bosch caught up to him. “You're Cisco, right?” “Maybe. Who are you?” “Harry Bosch. Mickey Haller's—” “Investigator. Yeah, you took my job.
The plot concerns the westward expansion of the United States, including the settlement of Kentucky.
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Reproduction of the original: The Crossing by Winston Churchill
A critically acclaimed tearjerker from a master storyteller: On one side of the border is brutality and heartache; on the other side—a new life.
In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher’s Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America.