Pale horse, pale rider

three short novels

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Pale horse, pale rider

three short novels

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  • 4 Have read

Contains three short novels, -- Old Mortality, a story of race tracks, of the Deep South, of the survival and shattering of a family legend; Noon Wine, Texas and a dairy farm rescued from decay by a man who turns out to be an escaped lunatic from Dakota and of the tragedy that ended it all; Pale Horse, Pale Rider, a mystical story of the narrow ledge between life and death, set at the time of the flu epidemic. --Kirkus Reviews.

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Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
264

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Table of Contents

Old mortality.
Noon wine.
Pale horse, pale rider.

Edition Notes

56087

Published in
New York

The Physical Object

Pagination
264 p. ;
Number of pages
264

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23266318M
Internet Archive
palehorsepalerid00port

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1446724W

First Sentence

"She was a spirited-looking young woman, with dark curly hair cropped and parted on the side, a short oval face with straight eyebrows, and a large curved mouth."

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September 3, 2025 Edited by MARC Bot remove likely corrupt MARC source
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May 29, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from Collingswood Public Library record