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The Pinto Horse and The Phantom Bull
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The Pinto Horse and The Phantom Bull Paperback - 1998

by Perkins, Charles Elliott

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Bison Books, 1998. Book. Illus. by Black/white drawings by Edward Borein. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy appears new & unopened with black/white drawings as illustrations. Posting from Cornwall St136.
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  • Title The Pinto Horse and The Phantom Bull
  • Author Perkins, Charles Elliott
  • Illustrator Black/white drawings by Edward Borein
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 148
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bison Books, Nebraska
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 014549
  • ISBN 9780803287525 / 0803287526
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.03 x 0.4 in (22.91 x 15.32 x 1.02 cm)
  • Reading level 1450
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Montana
  • Library of Congress subjects Horses, Cattle
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98036712
  • Dewey Decimal Code 636.1

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From the rear cover

In 1927 Owen Wister called The Pinto Horse "the best western story about a horse that I have ever read." The pinto roamed the Montana range in the late 1880s, surviving wolves and blizzards and earning the respect of the herd but never blending in, always standing out in vulnerable perfection. After years of trusting to human kindness, he falls into the hands of fools.

The Phantom Bull, first published in 1932, is also marked by authenticity and controlled beauty of style. Old Man Ennis, who ranched on the upper Madison in Montana, grudgingly admired the slate-colored Zebu cow, whose wild cunning was passed on to her calf. The calf grows into a monster bull, not personified but endowed with the suggestion of a definite point of view. A phantom glimpsed against the horizon -- that is the image he leaves.

About the author

The Pinto Horse and The Phantom Bull, both illustrated by the western painter Edward Borein (1873-1945), were the only books written by Charles Elliott Perkins (1881-1943). Introducer Jay Fultz, formerly Bison Books editor at the University of Nebraska Press, is the author of In Search of Donna Reed.