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The Dragon of Wantley - His Rise, His Voracity and His Downfall - A Romance

by Owen Wister

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The Dragon of Wantley details the legend of a dragon-slaying knight on Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire. The ballad explains how the knight, Moore of Moore Hall, acquires a custom suit of spiked Sheffield armour and manages to best the dragon wit... Read more
The Dragon of Wantley details the legend of a dragon-slaying knight on Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire. The ballad explains how the knight, Moore of Moore Hall, acquires a custom suit of spiked Sheffield armour and manages to best the dragon with a powerful kick to the dragon's "arse-gut," explained as being its only vulnerable spot with the dragons dying breaths. A popular tale in the 18th and 19th century, this text has been chosen for publication with the aim of immortalising this classic legend so that can be enjoyed today with the same enthusiasm as it has been in the past. Owen Wister was an American writer and the father of western fiction. Originally published in Thomas Percy's 1767 Reliques of Ancient Poetry, this scarce text is republished here with an introductory biography of the author. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.5 X 0.35 in
Print pages150
PublisherRead Books Design
Publication date March 15, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781445530833
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Owen Wister
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Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of Ulyss...

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