A Horse's Tale. NOVEL by: Mark Twain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542870504)

A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry Harper's Magazine originally published the story in two installments in August and September 1906.[2] Clemens wrote the story after receiving a request from actress Minnie Maddern Fiske to assist in her drive against bullfighting.[2] Harper's published the story as a 153-page book in October 1907.[2] Clemen's daughter Susy Clemens, who died in 1896 at age 24 of spinal meningitis, is understood to be inspiration for lead character Cathy Alison.[2][3] When Clemens provided the story to Harper's, he included a photograph of Susy for the illustrator to use for Cathy

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 154287050X
ISBN-13: 9781542870504
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.38d