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Mark Twain’s affection for cats is well known, and no one would be surprised to hear that he also liked dogs. Lesser known, however, is his admiration for horses and their kin, donkeys and mules. Twain wrote more about equine animals than he did about cats and dogs combined. Mark Twain for Hose Lovers is a collection of Twain’s funniest and most compelling writings about equine animals. Organized chronologically in categories such as “Uneasy Rider,” “Sorry Steeds,” and “Eccentric Equines,” the selections in this book cover his early trips west, his travels to Europe and the Middle East, and his later years. This collection also includes horse stories drawn purely from his imagination, including the novella A Horse’s Tale. Other equine vignettes are drawn from such Twain classics as the jumping frog story, Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

R. Kent Rasmussen has a doctorate in history from UCLA. He is a retired reference-book editor. Rasmussen has long been recognized as a leading world authority on Mark Twain, about whom he has published fourteen books. Those volumes include such standard reference works as Mark Twain A to Z; its expanded revision, Critical Companion to Mark Twain; and The Quotable Mark Twain. He has edited four volumes of critical essays and several collections of Mark Twain’s own writings, including the Penguin Classic edition of Autobiographical Writings, Mark Twain for Dog Lovers, and Mark Twain’s Tales of the Macabre & Mysterious.

Description from the back of the book. This book is part of a series that also contains Mark Twain for Cat Lovers and Mark Twain for Dog Lovers.