Horse Tradin' Paperback - 1999

Name: Horse Tradin'
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Author: Green, Ben K.
ISBN: 9780803270862

by Ben K. Green

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From the publisher

Here 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.

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Here 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.

Details

Title Horse Tradin'
Author Ben K. Green
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Paperback Ed
Pages 304
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Bison Books, Lincoln, NE
Publication date 1999-08-01
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated
ISBN 9780803270862 / 0803270860
Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
Dimensions 8.02 x 5.35 x 0.68 in (20.37 x 13.59 x 1.73 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
Category Pets
Library of Congress subjects Horses - Texas, Horse trading - Texas
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99020975
Dewey Decimal Code 636.109

About the author

Ben K. Green was a veterinarian who practiced his profession in one of the last big horse countries in North America. When he eventually gave up his practice, he returned to his hometown of Cumby, Texas, where he raised horses and cattle until his death in 1974.