Description
Lee, Joshua A. (1980). With their ears pricked forward: Tales of Mules I’ve Known. John F. Blair, Publisher. 138 Seiten. ISBN 978-0895870186
Stories of rural Southern life describe an alcoholic mule, a mule with an amazing homing instinct, a dangerous outlaw mule, and a mule whose stubbornness caused a town scandal.
„In 1980, Joshua A. Lee wrote a wonderful book called „With Their Ears Pricked Forward – Tales of Mules I Have Known“. At the time of writing the book he was Professor of Crop Science at North Carolina State University, but he had been brought up on a plantation in Georgia and remembered the time when mules were a vital part of agriculture. In those days, he tells us, ‚being a good judge of mules was important enough to be recorded in a man’s epitaph. ‚ The stories in this book, however incredible, are entirely believable to anyone like me who lived with a mule for twenty-eight years and had passing acquaintance with other mules along the way.“ (Ann Walker (2013): „Make Mine a Mule„, p 112)
