# Big Jack, and other true stories of horses

Author: Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie), 1861-

Genre: Horses -- Juvenile literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78260

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Big+Jack%2C+and+other+true+stories+of+horses+Jackson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was a warm September afternoon “down to the cape,” as the local phrase runs. The drowsy little hamlet consisted, first, of a small wooden railway station, not unlike an immense drygoods box in which some frugal-minded Yankee had cut holes to serve for a door and two windows, and then in a moment of reckless extravagance had painted a dull red; next, a church, which appeared to have been dropped there by mistake; and last, of a few farmhouses, which had no doubt been there since the days of Governor Bradford. Over the door of the station was the sign “Post Office,” and, consequently, one had reason to believe that “Uncle Sam” had some claim upon this sleepy little settlement. Not a stor...

## Chapters

- [PART II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/4/index.md)
- [did. He worked for old Wheeler, and I reckon most likely he starved](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/big-jack-and-other-true-stories-of-horses-78260/chapters/2/index.md)