The Crossing (Churchill novel)

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The Crossing
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Author Winston Churchill
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Publisher Macmillan
Publication date
May 1904
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages598

The Crossing is a 1904 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1904, [1] and includes illustrations by Sydney Adamson and Lilian Bayliss. A portion of the book first appeared in December 1903 in Collier's under the title The Borderland. [2]

The last of Churchill's sweeping historical novels, the plot concerns the westward expansion of the United States, including the settlement of Kentucky. [3]

A stage adaptation written by Churchill and Louis Evan Shipman (who had also worked on the stage adaptation of The Crisis ) debuted in 1905 and briefly ran on Broadway in January 1906 for eight performances. [4] [5] [6] One commentator summed up the play's short run as one that "very soon met with disaster." [5]

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References

  1. Alice Payne Hackett. Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965, p. 100 (1967) (the lists for 1895-1912 in this volume are derived from the lists published in The Bookman (New York) )
  2. American first editions, p. 108 (1962)
  3. Corbin, John (May 28, 1904). "The Crossing." A New Historical American Novel by the Author of "Richard Carvel.", The New York Times
  4. (January 2, 1906). Another Book Play: Winston Churchill's "The Crossing" as Conventional Melodrama, The New York Times
  5. 1 2 Briscoe, Johnson. The actors' birthday book, p. 176 (1907)
  6. Plays of the Month, The Theatre (January 1906)