Rode

by Thomas Fox Averill

Book Overview

When Thomas Fox Averill first heard Jimmy Driftwood's ballad "Tennessee Stud," he found the song hauntingly compelling. As he began to imagine the story behind the lyrics, he set out to research the song's history--a tale from "along about eighteen and twenty-five" of the legendary exploits of the greatest horse that ever lived, the "Tennessee Stud," and his owner.

Traveling the same route the song chronicles, from Tennessee into Arkansas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826350291
• ISBN13: 9780826350299
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"