![]() ![]() And so, Cole rounds up his best pal Lacey Rawlins and sets off for the Rio Grande, for the true cowboy life, for a Mexico free of highways and fences, to a place where horses still run wild and love can still burn like a wild fire. Only just a young man, he understands that in order to live the life he wants, he'll have to head for a place where cowboy dreams still exist. Upon the divorce of his parents, his grandfather's death, and the loss of his inheritance and land, John Grady Cole must set out in search of a new life. It is just after World War II, and the land where he grew up, his beloved West Texas, has been altered forever by highways that bisect the plains and a new way of life that sneers at the traditions of acting with honor, communing with horses and simple, quiet living on the land For John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers and the hero at the heart of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (2000)'s lyrical tale, that time has arrived. There comes a time in a young man's life when things must change. Cormac Mccarthy, All The Pretty Horses (2000) "He Turned South Along The Old War Trail And He Rode Out To The Crest Of A Low Rise And Dismounted And Dropped The Reins And Walked Out And Stood Like A Man Come To The End Of Something." ![]()
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