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    A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated)
    A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated)
    A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated)
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    A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated)

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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘A Horse’s Tale’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Mark Twain’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Twain includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    * The complete unabridged text of ‘A Horse’s Tale’
    * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Twain’s works
    * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook
    * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786568113
    A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated)
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. 

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      A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Illustrated) - Mark Twain

      The Complete Works of

      MARK TWAIN

      VOLUME 11 OF 34

      A Horse’s Tale

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2013

      Version 9

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘A Horse’s Tale’

      Mark Twain: Parts Edition (in 34 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 811 3

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Mark Twain: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 11 of the Delphi Classics edition of Mark Twain in 34 Parts. It features the unabridged text of A Horse’s Tale from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Mark Twain, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Mark Twain or the Complete Works of Mark Twain in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      MARK TWAIN

      IN 34 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Novels

      1, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

      2, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

      3, The Prince and the Pauper

      4, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

      5, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

      6, The American Claimant

      7, Tom Sawyer Abroad

      8, Pudd’nhead Wilson

      9, Tom Sawyer, Detective

      10, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

      11, A Horse’s Tale

      12, The Mysterious Stranger

      The Short Stories

      13, The Complete Short Stories

      14, Mark Twain’s Library of Humor

      15, Sketches of the Sixties

      The Essays and Satires

      16, The Complete  Essays and Satires

      The Travel Writing

      17, The Innocents Abroad

      18, Roughing It

      19, A Tramp Abroad

      20, Following the Equator

      21, Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion

      The Non-Fiction

      22, Old Times on the Mississippi

      23, Life on the Mississippi

      24, Christian Science

      25, Queen VIctoria’s Jubilee

      26, My Platonic Sweetheart

      27, Editorial Wild Oats

      The Letters

      28, The Complete Letters of Mark Twain

      The Speeches

      29, The Complete Speeches

      The Criticism

      30, The Criticism

      The Biographies

      31, Chapters from My Autobiography

      32, My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells

      33, Mark Twain a Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine

      34, The Boys’ Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine

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      A Horse’s Tale

       This short novel was 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 of 1906. Twain wrote the story after a request from actress Minnie Maddern Fiske to assist in her calls against bullfighting. Harper’s published the story as a 153-page book in October 1907.  Twain’s daughter, who died in 1896 at age 24 of spinal meningitis, is understood to be inspiration for lead character Cathy Alison.  When Twain provided the story to Harper’s, he included a photograph of his daughter for the illustrator to use for Cathy.

      The first edition

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER I — SOLDIER BOY — PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF

      CHAPTER II — LETTER FROM ROUEN — TO GENERAL ALISON

      CHAPTER III — GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER

      CHAPTER IV — CATHY TO HER AUNT MERCEDES

      CHAPTER V — GENERAL ALISON TO MERCEDES

      CHAPTER VI — SOLDIER BOY AND THE MEXICAN PLUG

      CHAPTER VII — SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS

      CHAPTER VIII — THE SCOUT-START.  BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ALISON

      CHAPTER IX — SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS AGAIN

      CHAPTER X — GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS

      CHAPTER XI — SEVERAL MONTHS LATER.  ANTONIO AND THORNDIKE

      CHAPTER XII — MONGREL AND THE OTHER HORSE

      CHAPTER XIII — GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER

      CHAPTER XIV — SOLDIER BOY — TO HIMSELF

      CHAPTER XV — GENERAL ALISON TO MRS. DRAKE, THE COLONEL’S WIFE

      CHAPTER I — SOLDIER BOY — PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF

      I am Buffalo Bill’s horse.  I have spent my life under his saddle — with 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 war-path and has his batteries belted on.  He is over six feet, is young, hasn’t 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 buck-skins, on my back and his rifle peeping above his shoulder, chasing a hostile trail, with me going like the wind and his hair streaming out behind from the shelter of his broad slouch.  Yes, he is a sight to look at then — and I’m part of it myself.

      I am his favorite horse, out of dozens.  Big as he is, I

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