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The Headless Horseman (novel)
''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. "''The Headless Horseman''" or "''A Strange Tale of Texas''" was set in Texas and based on a south Texas folk tale.
==Story==
''The Headless Horseman'' is a story about an Irish adventurer and hero in the War with Mexico. First Lt. Reid, writing as "Captain Reid," penned a series of popular novels〔
* (Reid's brief biography )〕 and attributed his headless horseman idea to a south Texas folk tale.〔''He lost head; we got a tale.'' Kent Biffle. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Texas; Pg. 35A; Texana. June 22, 2003.〕 Vladimir Nabokov recalled ''The Headless Horseman'' as a favorite adventure novel of his childhood years: "which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky."〔''Classics on Cassette: Speak, Memory'.'' John Espey. ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Review; Page 8; Book Review Desk. October 20, 1991.〕 At 11, Nabokov even translated ''The Headless Horseman'' into French ''alexandrines''.〔''Artist as Precocious Young Man''; Rutherford A.; "Sunday Herald;" December 30, 1990.〕
The story takes place in Texas soon after the War with Mexico. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men - the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing but poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. Calhoun plots to eliminate his rival when tragedy strikes: Louise's brother, the young Henry Poindexter is murdered. All clues point to Maurice Gerald as the assassin. At the same time a headless rider is spotted in the environs of the Poindexter plantation.
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