The Busted Ex-Texan and other stories was originally published in 1890, Other Stories include, Practically inside the Pail, And when I came down, Lay aboard of the Old Cuss, Luff Her Up - Luff Her Up, The Deacon and Parson, The Rack, and, The First Prize for the Wickedest Cow..... This early works is a fascinating collection of stories from the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating ba...
William Henry Harrison Murray (1840-1904), also known as Adirondack Murray, was a clergyman and author of an influential series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondacks, he became known as the father of the Outdoor Movement. He graduated from Yale in 1862 and served as a minister in Greenwich, Connecticut and Meriden, Connecticut from 1869 through 1873. He also delivered Sunday evening lectures about the Adirondacks in a Boston ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...
Excerpt from The Perfect Horse: How to Know Him, How to Breed Him, How to Train Him, How to Shoe Him, How to Drive HimTO a young man starting out in the business Of breeding, or to any person about to purchase a horse, nothing can be of greater value than the knowledge of those points or 'marks which characterize. A perfect animal. Not that all of these desirable qualities of bone, muscle, and nervous organization, can be found once In a thous...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...
This text contains a comprehensive guide on creating the best possible horse, with complete information on how to know him, how to train him, how to breed him, how to shoe him, and how to drive him. This book comprises illustrations of the best contemporary trotting stock-horses in the United States, done from life, with their pedigrees, records, and full descriptions. The chapters of this text include: 'Points of a Horse, or the Marks by whic...
