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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803270860
ISBN-139780803270862
eBay Product ID (ePID)719796
Product Key Features
Book TitleHorse Tradin'
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicEquestrian, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Animals / Horses, General, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, History
AuthorBen K. Green
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-020975
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal636.1092
SynopsisHere are the yarns of a true cowboy for those who have in their blood either a touch of larceny, an affection for the Old West, or better yet, both. These twenty tales add up to a true account of Ben K. Green's experiences around the corrals, livery stables, and wagon yards of the West. Green was a veterinarian who took down his shingle and went into horse trading, in what he imagined would be retirement. No stranger to the saddle, Green claims to have "with these bloodshot eyes and gnarled hands measured over seventy thousand horses." His tales range from tricks to make an old horse seem young (at least until the poor creature died from the side effects of the scam) to a recipe for making a dapple-gray mule from a bucket of paint and a chicken's egg. So you want to go into the horse business? You can learn the knavery, skill, salesmanship, and pure con man hokum of horse trading here, in a book every westerner or horse fancier should have on hand.