A thousand dead horses
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Five Star (Firm), publisher.
Gale (Firm), publisher.
Published
Waterville, Maine : Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2021]
ISBN
9781432869687 (hardcover), 143286968X (hardcover)
Status
Description
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library - Stacks | FIC MILLER | On Shelf |
| Westmont Public Library - Adult 1st Floor | W MILLER | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Action and adventure fiction.
Adultery -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Cowboys -- Fiction.
Drovers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horse stealing -- Fiction.
Missouri -- Fiction.
Mojave Desert -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- Fiction.
Taos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
Western fiction.
Western stories.
Adultery -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Cowboys -- Fiction.
Drovers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Horse stealing -- Fiction.
Missouri -- Fiction.
Mojave Desert -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- Fiction.
Taos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
Western fiction.
Western stories.
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Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Other Title
1000 dead horses
Other Title
One thousand dead horses
Description
Young Daniel Boone Trewick, caught with a young woman, flees Missouri believing he has killed the girl's father in a fight. He joins a freighting outfit on the Santa Fe Trail, and in Taos he meets Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith and is invited to join an expedition to California to steal horses and mules. Meanwhile in California, Juan Medina, a young vaquero in trouble for consorting with the ranch owner's daughter, is framed and jailed. After the ladrones steal some three thousand horses and mules, Juan is pressed into service in a posse pursuing the thieves. A thousand horses die from thirst and over-exertion in the Mojave Desert. In a fight with the man who had him jailed, Juan kills his attacker, abandons the posse, joins the thieves and befriends Boone. Boone hatches a plan to turn his share of the stolen animals into a profitable future and invites his friend Juan to join him. Based on a historic horse-stealing adventure.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Miller, R. (2021). A thousand dead horses. (First edition). Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Miller, Rod, 1952-. 2021. A Thousand Dead Horses. Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Miller, Rod, 1952-. A Thousand Dead Horses. Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Miller, R. (2021). A thousand dead horses. First edn Waterville, Maine: Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Miller, Rod. A Thousand Dead Horses. First edition, Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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