The Border Trilogy

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The Border Trilogy
All the Pretty Horses
The Crossing
Cities of the Plain
Author Cormac McCarthy
CountryUnited States
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Genre
Publisher Vintage Books
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Preceded by Blood Meridian
Followed by No Country for Old Men

The Border Trilogy is a series of novels by the American author Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998).

The trilogy revolves around the coming of age and adventures of two young cowboys, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, and is mainly set on the border between the Southwestern United States and Mexico. [1] [2]

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  2. Dirda, Michael (May 24, 1998). "THE LAST ROUNDUP". The Washington Post . Retrieved April 10, 2021.