The Last Crossing

Set in the second half of the nineteenth century, Guy Vanderhaeghe's novel moves between Victorian England, the Montana frontier and the Canadian West. Charles and Addington Gaunt are sent by their domineering father to find their brother Simon, who vanished in the American West while on a missionary venture. Guided by the Blackfoot-Scots scout Jerry Potts, they gather an unlikely company along the way: Civil War veteran Custis Straw, saloon-keeper Aloysius Dooley, and Lucy Stoveall, who is hunting the men who killed her sister. Told through many voices, it is a sweeping reworking of the western about honour, loyalty, love and revenge. A #1 national bestseller and the winner of CBC's Canada Reads 2004, and the second stand-alone novel in Vanderhaeghe's western trilogy.

Condition: Paperback. Used, in excellent condition. The front cover shows some slight signs of wear.