- Paperback: 612 pages
- Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (July 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0766169987
- ISBN-13: 978-0766169982
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,065,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book was named The Crossing because Churchill tried to express in it the beginnings of that great movement across the mountains which swept resistless over the Continent until at last it saw the Pacific itself. The Crossing was the first instinctive reaching out of an infant nation which was one day to become a giant. No annals in the world's history are more wonderful than the story of the conquest of Kentucky and Tennessee by the pioneers. Illustrated.
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I WAS born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters. Read the first page
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I WAS born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters. Read the first page
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Bloody Kentucky, Feb 4 2002
By George Bray JR. - Published on Amazon.com
This book was not written by Sir Winston Churchill but a different author with the same name. I read this book as it was mentioned in my family history as a good description of the frontier in Kentucky around the Revolution. I rarely read novels but this book captured my attention and was a great read. It transported me back to a much tougher time in American history and in the area where my ancestors were located. It gave life and meaning to the hardships of my ancestors lives.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Crossing into Kentucky, July 8 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Crossing (Hardcover)
My dad was born in 1921 in the farmlands of Edgar County, Illinois, and the Crossing by Winston Churchill (not the British leader) was his favorite book as a young boy. It is a tale of US western expansion, especially the crossing over the mountains into Kentucky, and much of the story is told through the eyes of a rather wide-eyed young man. I would recommend this book to parents who want to develop a love of history in their children and who want to spend time reading books together -- the rhythm of the author's writing is especially wonderful when read out loud. I would imagine boys would especially love this tale; however, I loved it, also, and I'm about as girlie a girl as you can get!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This Winston Churchill was Not Sir Winston S. Churchill, July 2 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This is an excellent book about frontier days.There is a common misconception about this book that many (including one other review) commonly fall into. This book was not written by the Brittish Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill but rather by an american authour called winston churchill who was very popular at the turn of the century but who is sadly forgotton today. This other Winston churchil wrote several novels at the turn of the century. The way to tell the two apart is that the future prime minister always used the inital s. as did the early editions of his books. Unfortunetly reprints may not follow this rule.
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