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The Last Crossing
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The Last Crossing
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Purchased for $1 at the United Way fundraising sale a couple weeks ago, and now near the top of my TBR pile. (Left: author Guy Vanderhaeghe.)
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Set in the area around Fort Benton, Montana in the 1870s, The Last Crossing tells the story of two upper class English brothers -- older brother Addington Gaunt and his younger sibling Charles -- who are compelled to travel to the territory when their younger brother Simon (Charles' twin) goes missing there during a missionary expedition. In Fort Benton the brothers are joined by Civil War veteran Custis Straw and Metis tracker Jerry Potts (left), who along with the recently bereaved Lucy Stoveall join them in their quest to find Simon (Lucy actually has an ulterior motive for accompanying the men on their journey). The Last Crossing actually begins in 1896, twenty years after the main action takes place, with Charles Gaunt receiving a letter he's afraid to open from Custis Straw, from whom he hasn't heard in many years. The Big Secret turns out to be somewhat anti-climactic, as are the other moments of intrigue scattered through the novel (including the "mystery" of who killed Lucy Stoveall's younger sister). In between, there are long descriptive chapters describing the group's passage across the American prairie towards Edmonton and Fort Whoop-up, which are likely to be most engaging for readers with an interest in this place and time. Myself, I far preferred Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy, a novel set partly in the same era. You can read reviews of The Last Crossing in January magazine here, the Guardian here and the Telegraph here. You can also read more about Jerry Potts on the RCMP's website here. |
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Released 6 yrs ago (9/30/2005 UTC) at Mangez Mangez coffeeshop in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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