The Crossing

New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994 (2009). 1st edition, tenth printing. Octavo in glossy illustrated DJ, 425 p.; 22 cm An as new / mint hardcover copy in same DJ. No remainder mark. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0394574753

A lovely, gift-quality copy of this heart-rending novel. One of McCarthy's best. The second book of his Border Trilogy. \\ "In the 1930s, two teenage brothers whose ranch in New Mexico was raided by bandits, cross into Mexico to search for stolen horses. The novel follows them through the revolution-torn countryside, meeting soldiers, peasants, priests and thieves, all proffering advice." -- Publisher. // Human-animal relationships -- Fiction. Wilderness areas -- Fiction. Wolves -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) -- United States -- 21st century. Hidalgo County (N.M.) -- Fiction. New Mexico -- Fiction.