The Resource All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook)
All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook)
Resource Information
The item All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (205 pages).
- Isbn
- 9780307481306
- Label
- All the pretty horses
- Title
- All the pretty horses
- Statement of responsibility
- Cormac McCarthy
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueHorses
- Texas -- Fiction
- trueElectronic books
- trueSixteen-year-old boys -- West Texas
- trueChildren of World War II veterans
- Ranch life -- Fiction
- trueTeenagers and horses
- Bildungsromans
- trueBoys and horses
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueNorthern Mexico
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueWest Texas
- trueHorse training -- Northern Mexico
- trueComing-of-age stories
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueModern Westerns
- trueAmericans in Mexico
- eBooks
- trueBooks to movies
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure
- Award
-
- National Book Award for Fiction, 1992.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1992.
- Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel, 1993.
- ALA Notable Book, 1993.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 043934
- Cataloging source
- HCO
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.C337
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 940
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- The Border trilogy
- Series volume
- v. 1
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (205 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780307481306
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- bc
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- f7ace331-ca87-4526-9439-9dabd76302fe
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Requires Adobe Digital Edition (file size: 1881 KB)
- Label
- All the pretty horses, Cormac McCarthy, (electronic resource eBook)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (205 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780307481306
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- bc
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- f7ace331-ca87-4526-9439-9dabd76302fe
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Requires Adobe Digital Edition (file size: 1881 KB)
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAmericans in Mexico
- Bildungsromans
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBoys and horses
- trueChildren of World War II veterans
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueElectronic books
- trueHorse training -- Northern Mexico
- trueHorses
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction
- trueModern Westerns
- trueNorthern Mexico
- Ranch life -- Fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys -- West Texas
- trueTeenagers and horses
- Texas -- Fiction
- trueWest Texas
- eBooks
Genre
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Bildungsromans
- trueBooks to movies
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueModern Westerns
Member of
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1993
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueWestern Heritage Award: Outstanding Western Novel
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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