A Horses TaleBy Mark Twain1907 A Horses Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bills favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.BackgroundHarpers Magazine originally published the story in two installments in August and September 1906. Clemens wrote the story after receiving a request from actress Minnie Maddern Fiske to assist in her drive against bullfighting. Harpers published the story as a 153page book in October 1907.Clemenss daughter Susy Clemens, who died in 1896 at age 24 of spinal meningitis, is understood to be the inspiration for lead character Cathy Alison. When Clemens provided the story to Harpers, he included a photograph of Susy for the illustrator to use for Cathy.I am Buffalo Bills horse. I have spent my life under his saddlewith 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 warpath and has his batteries belted on. He is over six feet, is young, hasnt 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. Yes, a person that doubts that he is fine to see should see him in his beaded buckskins, on my back and his rifle peeping above his shoulder, chasing a...

Binding: Paperback;38 pages; Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.; Classification: N/A; Weight: 183.96 g; Dimensions: N/A

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