Mule Trader: Ray Lum 's Tales of Horses, Mules, and Men

by William R. Ferris

Book Overview

Readers captivated by this book will be happy that Bill Ferris found Ray Lum and that he thought to turn on a tape recorder. Lum (1891-1977) was a mule skinner, a livestock trader, an auctioneer, and an American original.

This delightful book, first published in 1992 as "You Live and Learn. Then You Die and Forget It All," preserves Lum's colorful folk dialect and captures the essence of this one-of-a-kind figure who seems to have stepped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578060869
• ISBN13: 9781578060863
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"