{"product_id":"a-horses-tale-mark-twain-9781496223678","title":"A Horse's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century Minnie Maddern Fiske, a New York actress, socialite, and animal rights activist, wrote to Mark Twain with an unusual request: for Twain to write about the evils of bullfighting equal to that of his anti-vivisectionist story \u003ci\u003eA Dog's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. Twain responded with \u003ci\u003eA Horse's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic animal tale that doubled as a frontier adventure and political diatribe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Horse's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e concerns Soldier Boy, Buffalo Bill Cody's favorite horse, as the protagonist and sometime narrator at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. When the general's orphaned niece arrives, Buffalo Bill takes her under his wing and ultimately lends her Soldier Boy so that they may seek adventure together. Twain uses the friendship between the girl and the horse as the basis for his eventual indictment of the barbarism of Spanish bullfighting. Twain's novella is unusual for its complex tone--combining a comic children's story and a dark portrait of animal cruelty. Including the themes of transatlantic relations and frontier culture, Twain offers a fresh look into the world of Buffalo Bill Cody from the perspective of one of America's most beloved authors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1906 in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and as a single volume the following year, \u003ci\u003eA Horse's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e never again appeared in print except in anthologies of Twain's work. This edition includes the full text of Twain's original story, an introduction that situates the work in historical and biographical context, thorough annotations, and the addition of significant archival material related to Twain, Cody, and Fiske. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496223675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496223678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark Twain","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809941549311,"sku":"9781496223678","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27bae3d6-3bbe-4a98-9f52-f17474edf902.jpg?v=1707927893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-horses-tale-mark-twain-9781496223678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}