Pale horse, pale rider

Alternate Titles

• Old mortality.
• Noon wine.

Description

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.

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

• The Modern library of the world's best books

Other Editions

• Pale horse, pale rider: three short novelsModern Library1965-01-01
• Pale horse, pale riderHarcourt, Brace and Company1939-01-01
• Pale horse, pale riderNew American Library1949-01-01
• Pale horse, pale riderCaedmon1952-01-01
• Pale horse, pale riderNew American Library1962-01-01
• Pale Horse, Pale RiderPaperbackSignet Classics1962-06-01