Mixedthe third book which is called cities of the plane which is both characters in one not as nice an addition but just so you can see I hold them up because they're they're good to talk about as well
Cities of the Plain (1998)
Others: Leaning positive A Texas cowboy falls in love with a Mexican prostitute, only to discover he has a rival, her pimp. The pimp refuses to let her go because he will lose money and the stage is set for a violent confrontation.
- ISBN:
- 9781035003761
- Length:
- 292 pages
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Loved itjust like cities of the plane and my rereading of all the pretty horses i take this position to represent the whole of the border trilogy the way it talks about life on the frontier between the southern united states and mexico at the middle 20th century