The Pacing White Mustang in The American Mercury Volume XII, Number 48

James Frank Dobie (1888-1964)

Verlag: Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1927

Beschreibung

435-442 pages. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. The American Mercury: A Monthly Review. Volume XII, Number 48. First edition The legend of the Packing White Mustang was, as the author put it, ", the last of the great horse legends of the civilized world." The American oikotype of the the legend took root and grew in a country composed of two radical facts: horses and horsemen. The frontier West was a place where mobility was often the key to survival. Having a horse that would run fast and long occasionally made the difference between keeping one's hair and losing it. Consequently everyone who could beg, buy, borrow or steal a horse went mounted. The truth behind the proverb that "a man without a horse is no man at all" was seldom ignored by anyone with a yen for living a long and profitable life. Condition: Wrapper edges and spine ends chipped, rubbing to extremities. Advertisements from 1927 else a good to very good copy. 435-442 pages. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. The American Mercury: A Monthly Review. Volume XII, Number 48. First edition The legend of the Packing White Mustang was, as the author put it, ", the last of the great horse legends of the civilized world." The American oikotype of the the legend took root and grew in a country composed of two radical facts: horses and horsemen. The frontier West was a place where mobility was often the key to survival. Having a horse that would run fast and long occasionally made the difference between keeping one's hair and losing it. Consequently everyone who could beg, buy, borrow or steal a horse went mounted. The truth behind the proverb that "a man without a horse is no man at all" was seldom ignored by anyone with a yen for living a long and profitable life. Condition: Wrapper edges and spine ends chipped, rubbing to extremities. Advertisements from 1927 else a good to very good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOOKS006707

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Pacing White Mustang in The American ...

Verlag: Alfred A Knopf, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition