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The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe, the second entry in his nineteenth-century Prairie-lands Trilogy, follows Charles Gaunt, an English painter, as he reflects on events from 1871 when he and his brother Addington search for their missing twin, Simon, in the American West. Joined by a journalist and encountering various complex characters, their journey intertwines with themes of cultural conflict, individual struggles, and the influence of Indigenous populations. The novel includes rape and murder.