{"product_id":"the-last-crossing","title":"The Last Crossing","description":"Set in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the American and Canadian West and in Victorian England, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Crossing \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping tale of interwoven lives and stories \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles and Addington Gaunt must find their brother Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. Charles, a disillusioned artist, and Addington, a disgraced military captain, enlist the services of a guide to lead them on their journey across a difficult and unknown landscape. This is the enigmatic Jerry Potts, half Blackfoot, half Scottish, who suffers his own painful past. The party grows to include Caleb Ayto, a sycophantic American journalist, and Lucy Stoveall, a wise and beautiful woman who travels in the hope of avenging her sister’s vicious murder. Later, the group is joined by Custis Straw, a Civil War veteran searching for salvation, and Custis’s friend and protector Aloysius Dooley, a saloon-keeper. This unlikely posse becomes entangled in an unfolding drama that forces each person to come to terms with his own demons. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e contains many haunting scenes – among them, a bear hunt at dawn, the meeting of a Métis caravan, the discovery of an Indian village decimated by smallpox, a sharpshooter’s devastating annihilation of his prey, a young boy’s last memory of his mother. Vanderhaeghe links the hallowed colleges of Oxford and the pleasure houses of London to the treacherous Montana plains; and the rough trading posts of the Canadian wilderness to the heart of Indian folklore. At the novel’s centre is an unusual and moving love story. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Crossing \u003c\/i\u003eis Guy Vanderhaeghe’s most powerful novel to date. It is a novel of harshness and redemption, an epic masterpiece, rich with unforgettable characters and vividly described events, that solidifies his place as one of Canada’s premier storytellers.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55696527097929,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5336\/3785\/files\/14463463482462.jpg?v=1779382397","url":"https:\/\/morebetterbooks.com\/products\/the-last-crossing","provider":"More Better Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}