When love's labor's lost

A 1925 western humor novel by W. C. Tuttle, following narrator Ike Harper as Magpie Simpkins and townsfolk of Piperock scheme to stage a Labor Day bull-and-lion fight, sending Ike along to help buy the lion from a visiting circus.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic westerns and frontier tales›Cowboys, ranches, and cattle country›Cowboy humor and tall tales

Reader

Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic westerns and frontier tales›Cowboys, ranches, and cattle country›Cowboy humor and tall tales