Sunday, February 23, 2014

Paperback 745: The Wild Horse / Les Savage, Jr. (Gold Medal 111)

Paperback 745: Gold Medal 111 (PBO, 1950)

Title: The Wild Horse
Author: Les Savage, Jr.
Cover artist: Uncredited

Yours for: $10

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Best things about this cover:
  • The horse or the girl! Every man must choose.
  • When you find your horse "desirable," well, it reacts like this.
  • Few writers were more savage than … Les Savage!"
  • Musculature lovingly drawn by someone who appears to have spent a Lot of time underneath a horse.

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Best things about this back cover:
  • "If you like girls and horses and especially girl horses, prepare your blood for stirring!"
  • Oh, the horse is a him. The plot thickens.
  • Look, there's "horse lover" and then there's whatever bizarre romance novel shenanigans is going on here. If your horse is kindling in your breast a wild dream of possession for more than four hours, see a doctor.
  • He's written best-sellers before, so … who's to say he won't some time again in the future. Les Savage!

Page 123~

"Why not put it in words, Rockwall? It's been in both our minds for a long time now. You can't deny it, can you?"

I really, really want the horse's name to be 'Rockwall.'

~RP

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5 comments:

DemetriosX said...

The position that horse is in is impossible. Horses can't jump like that. Great musculature, no understanding of the subject.

He's written best-sellers before. This is not one of them.

Cricket said...

I *really* need to remember to not take a sip of water whilst reading this damn blog.

My keybooaaaaaaard.

Michael5000 said...

You'd think that if you wrote a tale of action and conflict to stir the blood, an adventure epic of man against stallion... stopping a man's breathing... kindling in breast... etc., etc., that you would come up with a title that was a little more punchy than "The Wild Horse."

Victoria said...

Between the intense horse love and the "who has written bestsellers before", this book made me laugh very much.

little gator said...

That's not a blue roan.