Headless Horseman - A Strange Tale of Texas
Author: first_name: Thomas Mayne
last_name: Reid
Language: English
Year: 1865

The horse is perfect in all its parts—a splendid steed, saddled, bridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it there appears nothing amiss—nothing to produce either wonder or alarm. But the man—the rider? Ah! About him there is something to cause both—something weird—something wanting!<br></br>By heavens! it is the head! (Excerpt from the Prologue)<br></br>The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the author's adventures in the United States. T