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All the Pretty Horses

Set in 1949, this is the story of John Grady Cole, who, at the age of sixteen, finds himself at the losing end of a long generation of ranchers. His grandfather's death has just cut him off from the only life he has ever imagined wanting. Abandoned by his parents troubles, heading over the border seems the only way out of a society moving in all of the wrong directions so, with his friend Rawlins, he rides away. Soon enough, they acquire a hapless younger companion and jobs breaking horses on a hacienda. Within months, one of the boys is dead and childhood has passed for the other two, along with an era that once uniquely defined America.

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  • "All the pretty horses"
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  • "This National Book Award winner tells the story of John Grady Cole who, at 16, finds himself at the dying end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself."
  • "Set in 1949, this is the story of John Grady Cole, who, at the age of sixteen, finds himself at the losing end of a long generation of ranchers. His grandfather's death has just cut him off from the only life he has ever imagined wanting. Abandoned by his parents troubles, heading over the border seems the only way out of a society moving in all of the wrong directions so, with his friend Rawlins, he rides away. Soon enough, they acquire a hapless younger companion and jobs breaking horses on a hacienda. Within months, one of the boys is dead and childhood has passed for the other two, along with an era that once uniquely defined America."@en
  • "Young John Cole's dream of growing up and living wild and free on his grandfather's Texas ranch is shattered when his grandfather dies and John runs away to Mexico."@en
  • "Young John Cole's dream of growing up and living wild and free on his grandfather's Texas ranch is shattered when his grandfather dies and John runs away to Mexico."
  • "Cole is uprooted from the family ranch after the death of his grandfather and his parents' separation. He begins a journey to the badlands of northern Mexico."@en
  • "It is 1949 and 16-year-old John Grady Cole must give up his dream of taking over his grandfather's Texas ranch. He sets off on horseback for Mexico looking for adventure, but instead of escape and renewal, he finds a blood price to be paid. National Book Award Winner."
  • ""[T]ells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons-- beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, he sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood"--Container."
  • "Presents a cowboy odyssey for modern times, and features the travels and toils of a 16 year old East Texan boy. The first volume of the author's Border trilogy."@en
  • "An adventure in Mexico leads three young boys to death, responibility, revenge and survival."@en
  • "All the pretty horses, the first volume of the borders trilogy tells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Across the border Mexico beckons, beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized. With two companions, he sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood."@en
  • "John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance."@en
  • "After his grandfather dies, 16 year-old John Grady Cole has very little reason to stay in Texas. The allure of unseen lands beckons and he and a friend set out for Mexico. On their journey across the hard-scrabble land the boys meet adventure and fright, all while growing in character and fortitude. When their travels land them in an idyllic hacienda it seems as if their adventure may come to a close. In fact, however, the adventure may just be beginning."
  • "Recounts the story of John Grady Cole, a young Texas rancher who ventures to Mexico in search of excitement."
  • "The story of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers, who, along with two companions, sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood."@en
  • "The story of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers, who, along with two companions, sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood."
  • "John Grady Cole is the last survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. As his grandfather dies and his parents succumb to their own worries, he runs off to Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. They encounter a country beyond their imagining."@en
  • "Texas 1949. John Grady Cole, sixteen, is on the threshold of adulthood when his world turns upside down. His grandfather has died, and his mother has no desire to keep the 18,000-acre ranch, which is the only home and way of life John knows. With a friend he sets out for Mexico and finds work on another ranch. But John falls for the owner's daughter and finds himself in jail. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. Followed by "Crossing". 1993."@en
  • "The story of John Grady Cole, who at 16 finds himself at the dying end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. To escape a society moving all the wrong directions, Cole and two companions decide to seek their fortune in Mexico. But what begins as an idyllic adventure leads to a place where dreams are paid for in blood."@en

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  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
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  • "Fiction"
  • "Adventure stories"
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  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
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  • "All the pretty horses"
  • "All the Pretty Horses"@en
  • "All the pretty horses [cassette]"@en
  • "All the Pretty Horses [sound recording]"
  • "Brad Pitt reads All the pretty horses"@en
  • "All the pretty horses [abridged]"
  • "All the pretty horses The border trilogy . Volume one"@en
  • "All the pretty horses"@en

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