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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publication date
May 7, 1999
Pages
304
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780330390163
ISBN-10
0330390163
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$14.15
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Gardener's Son | All the Pretty Horses | The Orchard Keeper | Child of God | Blood Meridian | Suttree | Outer Dark | No Country for Old Men | The Crossing
The Gardener's Son | All the Pretty Horses | The Orchard Keeper | Child of God | Blood Meridian | Suttree | Outer Dark | No Country for Old Men | The Crossing
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico, where one of the men is drawn again and again, in this story of friendships and passion, to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is volume three of "The Border Trilogy". In "Cities of the Plain", two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing beyond recognition. In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico, where one of the men is drawn again and again, in this story of friendships and passion, to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable."In a lovely and terrible landscape of natural beauty and impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school, trusted by men and horses, and a fragile young woman, whose salvation becomes his obsession...McCarthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle" - "Scotsman". "This haunting, deeply felt novel completes one of the literary masterworks of the 1990s" - "Daily Telegraph". "The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature" - "Guardian".
Editions
Hardcover
Limited edition from B E Trice Pub (March 1, 1999)
9781890885045 | details & prices | List price $195.00
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (June 1, 1998)
9780679423904 | details & prices | 291 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $28.95
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
Paperback
from Vintage Books (July 1, 1999)
9780679747192 | details & prices | 291 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
The price comparison is for this edition
New edition from Pan Macmillan (May 7, 1999)
9780330390163 | details & prices | 304 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.15
About: In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military.
About: In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Abridged edition from Random House (May 1, 1998)
9780679460503 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $18.00
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy presents an epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1950s.
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy presents an epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1950s.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613171427 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $26.90
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
About: The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s
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