The Reformation and Anti-reformation in Bohemia, Volume 2Houlston and Stoneman, 1845 A failure at the horse trade because he loves horses more than money, and despised by his father, Ben Ide is determined to show what he can do when he pursues a herd of wild horses-- a pursuit that entangles him with well-connected cattle thieves and will make him an outcast or a hero. |
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