A Horse's Tale: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Horse's Tale, credited to Mark Twain, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry. With a fanciful mix of points of view, we hear the story of Cathy and her relationship with Soldier Boy and the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry. A surprisingly graphic depiction of a Spanish bullfight leaves no doubt where Mark Twain's sympathies lie. (Introduction by John Greenman & Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Horse's Tale
• Author credits: Mark Twain
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 1:54:27

Catalogue topics

• Samuel Clemens
• animals
• Wild West
• short story

Track guide

1. 00 Acknowledgements — 2:17
2. 01 Chapter I - Soldier Boy - Privately to Himself — 9:08
3. 02 Chapter II - Letter from Rouen - To General Alison — 5:04
4. 03 Chapter III - General Alison to His Mother — 5:15
5. 04 Chapter IV - Cathy to Her Aunt Mercedes — 5:59
6. 05 Chapter V - General Alison to Mercedes — 17:00
7. 06 Chapter VI - Soldier Boy and the Mexican Plug — 19:49
8. 07 Chapter VII - Soldier Boy and Shekels — 3:48
9. 08 Chapter VIII - The Scout-Start. BB and Lieutenant-General Alison — 1:05
10. 09 Chapter IX - Soldier Boy and Shekels Again — 7:16
11. 10 Chapter X - General Alison and Dorcas — 11:07
12. 11 Chapter XI - Several Months Later. Antonio and Thorndike — 10:14
13. 12 Chapter XII - Mongrel and the Other Horse — 1:29
14. 13 Part II - In Spain -- Chapter XIII - General Alison to His Mother — 7:37
15. 14 Chapter XIV - Soldier Boy - To Himself — 3:04
16. 15 Chapter XV - General Alison to Mrs. Drake, the Colonel's Wife — 4:23

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