This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X the doors of the trap shut he years rolled by. Old tragic hurts were dulled by the mists of passing time and every hour of the unfettered present came bringing some new joy. New children came to Queen and in the love of each succeeding one, Queen rejoiced as if it were the first and only one ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X the doors of the trap shut he years rolled by. Old tragic hurts were dulled by the mists of passing time and every hour of the unfettered present came bringing some new joy. New children came to Queen and in the love of each succeeding one, Queen rejoiced as if it were the first and only one. Carefully she led them all to the doorway of maturity and there, since life willed it so, she gave them over to the herd, to live and provide for themselves and to abide by the unwritten laws of the herd in the finest exemplification of the Golden Rule on earth. The friends who died or who suddenly disappeared she would miss for a long while, sometimes spending months in search of them, then she would transfer her love of them to some other member of the brotherhood, just as she transferred her mother-love from the older to the younger of her offspring. The shadowy creatures of the receding past often came, walking into the dozing memory at nightfall. Queen would remain lying, chewing absent-mindedly and watching them, her contentment undisturbed, loving the sadness that clung to them, as we love the sadness that clings to our sweetest music. There came a spring of unusual activity on the part of man, and his daily appearance intruded so threateningly upon the herd, that they abandoned the land which had become endeared to them and journeyed north almost steadily for many days. They came upon a pleasant valley abounding in delicious, virgin grass and many small ponds; and they took possession of it But at midnight, while they were resting, they were suddenly aroused by a shrieking noise which was followed by a long-drawn rattle, like distant thunder. The sound died out and did not come again, but an attenuated cloud of smoke swept across...
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 240 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text free of markings. Pages 33-43 have been dinged with resulting small edge tears.
I read this book when I was in grammar school. I read it over and over. Horses were a fascination for me and so was the feel of freedom. A lifetime later I hunted this book down and reread it at 68 years old. I was surprised to find that it held me in its grip again. Maybe it's the tension between what was natural and how it's forced to bend to progress. I didn't cry this time, but felt the poignancy of this beautifully written story. Highly recommend for ages 10 to 110.
aiden
Nov 4, 2007
A beautiful look into a wild mares mind
I first read this book when I was in the first grade and when I graduated to junior high it was given to me along with a box of others. Queen is every wild horse that will never be ridden and never tamed. Even though this book is for mainly horse lovers, it has a pull to it that will keep you reading just to find out if she makes it out okay. I wont give away the end but undoubtly no horse can run forever. I found myself searching through boxes and boxes of books just because I ached to read it once more. That has to say something.
