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'''Ben K. Green''' wrote about his favorite subject, the not-so-old American west. His books are basically short stories that draw from his own experiences in the Southwestern United States. He earned his living by trading horses in his early years. The method of trading was "cheat or be cheated".

'''Ben K. Green''' (1912–1974) was an author who wrote about horses and the post-World War I [[American West]]. His books consist of [[anecdote]]s drawn from his own experiences in the Southwestern United States.

He was born in [[Cumby, Texas]] and raised in [[Weatherford, Texas]]. Before he was twenty years old he had successfully earned a living trading horses and mules and raising cattle and sheep. The common trading practice{{snd}}"cheat or be cheated"{{snd}}is reflected in his stories, told using the language and humor of the area and not excluding himself from either outcome.

He grew up in [[Cumby, Texas]]. He became a doctor of veterinary medicine and practiced in the dry region west of the Pecos river. He died in 1974.

He was persuaded to settle in [[Fort Stockton, Texas]] and practiced in the entire [[Trans-Pecos]] Region. A large part of his work involved identifying plants which grew in that [[alkali]] soil and contained substances poisonous to horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs ([[Agave lechuguilla|lechuguilla]], [[yellow-weed]], [[pinguey]], [[locoweed]]).<ref>Green, ''The Village Horse Doctor'', Knopf, 1971.</ref>

=== List of Books ===

* Horse Trading

* Some More Horse Trading

* The Village Horse Doctor West of the Pecos

* Wild Cow Tales

* A Thousand Miles of Mustangin'

=== List of Booksbooks ===

[[Category:1974 deaths|Green, Ben K.]]

* ''Horse Tradin{{'}}'', New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967

* ''Some More Horse Tradin{{'}}'', Amazon, 2000

* ''The Village Horse Doctor West of the Pecos'', New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971

* ''Wild Cow Tales''

* ''A Thousand Miles of Mustangin{{'}}'', Northland Press

* ''Horse TradingTales''

* ''The Color of Horses: A Scientific and Authoritative Identification of the Color of the Horse'', Northland Press, 1974

* ''The Shield Mares'', Encino Press, 1967

* " Horse Conformation as to soundness and performance ", Northland Press, 1969, revised 1988, ISBN 0-87358--135-0

== References ==

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== External links ==

* {{TARO|utarl|00021|Ben K. Green Papers}}

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[[Category:1912 births]]

[[Category:1974 deaths|Green, Ben K.]]

[[Category:Writers from Texas]]

[[Category:American veterinarians]]

[[Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers]]

[[Category:People from Hopkins County, Texas]]

[[Category:People from Weatherford, Texas]]

[[Category:People from Fort Stockton, Texas]]