A Horse's Tale

by Mark Twain

Overview

Mark Twain is best known for his novels and short stories. Twain uses his incredible whit to depict life in America. His books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been read by school children for generations. His life on the Mississippi River has peeked the imagination of boys to go and build a raft and sail off into unknown adventures. A Horses Tale is a novel partially told in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry. The story begins, "I am Buffalo Bill's horse. I have spent my life under his saddle-- with him in it, too, and he is good for two hundred pounds, without his clothes; and there is no telling how much he does weigh when he is out on the war-path and has his batteries belted on. He is over six feet, is young, hasn't an ounce of waste flesh, is straight, graceful, springy in his motions, quick as a cat, and has a handsome face, and black hair dangling down on his shoulders, and is beautiful to look at; and nobody is braver than he is, and nobody is stronger, except myself. "

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438526669
Publisher:	Book Jungle
Publication date:	10/08/2009
Pages:	60
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). He is best remembered for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often considered to be The Great American Novel).

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Series Editors’ Preface
A Note on the Language
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Introduction by Charles C. Bradshaw
A Note on the Text
A Horse’s Tale
Afterword by Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Appendix 1: Mark Twain and Animal Welfare
Appendix 2: Childhood and the Clemens Family
Appendix 3: The American Frontier Goes Global
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index