The Headless Horseman is an 1865 novel by Mine Reid based on the author's adventures in America.
The novel takes place in Texas during the conquest of the Wild West. A mysterious murder occurs on the prairie. Suspicion of the murder falls on the young Mustanger Maurice Gerald, to whom the daughter of the planter, the beautiful Louise, gave her heart. Mustanger's friend, brave hunter Zeb Stump, finds the main witness of the crime...
A strong romantic line - the love of a rich planter's daughter for a poor mustang hunter - is intertwined with a mystical story about a mysterious headless horseman.
Author: Mine Reid
Pages: 608 (offset). Hard cover
Dimensions: 208x135x31 mm
Series: School reading
