All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.

When his mother sells the ranch where he grew up, John Grady embarks on a search for adventure and meaning in his life with pal Lacey Rawlins. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life, the two pick up a 13-year old misfit named Blevins and eventually arrive at a hacienda where they are hired to break horses. There, John Grady falls into an ill-fated love affair with Alejandra, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy ranch owner. But when the romance culminates in arrest, Mexican jail and a killing in self-defense, John Grady must put his taste for adventure aside and rely on the purity of his spirit and his sensibility to find the strength to persevere.

All the Pretty Horses is available in print, Large Print, book on CD, Playaway, and on Overdrive as a digital book and audiobook.

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