Virginian - Couverture souple

Winster, Owen & Wister, Owen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451521552 ISBN 13 : 9780451521552

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1979

Synopsis

Book by Wister Owen

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Some notable sight was drawing the passengers, both men and women, to the window; and therefore I rose and crossed the car to see what it was. I saw near the track an enclosure, and round it some laughing men, and inside it some whirling dust, and amid the dust some horses, plunging, huddling, and dodging. They were cow ponies in a corral, and one of them would not be caught, no matter who threw the rope. We had plenty of time to watch this sport, for our train had stopped that the engine might take water at the tank before it pulled us up beside the station platform of Medicine Bow. We were also six hours late, and starving for entertainment. The pony in the corral was wise, and rapid of limb. Have you seen a skilful boxer watch his antagonist with a quiet, incessant eye? Such an eye as this did the pony keep upon whatever man took the rope. The man might pretend to look at the weather, which was fine; or he might affect earnest conversation with a bystander: it was bootless. The pony saw through it. No feint hoodwinked him. This animal was thoroughly a man of the world. His undistracted eye stayed fixed upon the dissembling foe, and the gravity of his horse-expression made the matter one of high comedy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0451521552
• ISBN 13: 9780451521552
• Reliure: Poche
• Langue: anglais