All the Pretty Horses

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Cormac McCarthy

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The RoadAll the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Coming Of Age

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Author

Cormac McCarthy

Pages

320

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published Date

1993-06-29

ISBN

0679744398 9780679744399

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"Another treasured find from my local Little Free Library, All the Pretty Horses is an adventurous tale of cowboys/vaqueros set in the cattle land of Texas and Mexico in the mid-20th century. John Grady Cole is a young Texan, a cowboy, struggling after the death of his grandfather and sale of the family ranch. The story follows John Grady and his friend(s) on their ride into Mexico for ranch-hand work and romance and unknown dangers in this foreign country."

Jackie Davidson

"One of my favorite authors."

Godzilla fan

"I read this awhile ago, and still remember it as being beautifully written. "

Maëry DeWeese

"It dragged on a little too much in the first 100 pages but then things really picked up afterward and it was a great read. Although I was only reading it for class, I still enjoyed it and it really pulled at my heartstrings. Definitely recommend it to those who want to pick up something to read every now and then. I wouldn't push people to read it immediately but it is a good coming-of-age story that isn't so generic."