The
Annotated Quest
Homer Davenport &
His Wonderful Arabian Horses
An Annotated
Edition of
MY
QUEST OF THE ARABIAN HORSE
by Homer
Davenport
With Annotations by Charles and Jeanne
Craver
This is the modern edition of
Davenport's classic, My Quest of the Arabian Horse, with annotations by Charles
and Jeanne Craver. The Cravers provide interesting background information about
the people and places Davenport mentions. This edition also contains many photos
and illustrations in addition to those in the original book, including three
appendices. Davenport included many photos from his travels and some of his
noted cartoons, and the Cravers have added of photos and drawings from various
sources, as well as many photos of historic and modern Davenport horses.
Contents include:
Part one Introduction
Map
Chronology
Annotators' Remarks
Introduction by Albert W. Harris
Davenport's Preface
Part Two My Quest of the Arabian
Horse
An Oregon Arab
Procuring the Trade
The Sultan's Stable
The Sultan of Turkey
Constantinople to Antioch
Antioch to Aleppo
Akmet Haffez and the War Mare
The War Mare in the Desert
We Feast with the Anezeh and Become Better
Acquainted - Inspection and Purchase of Horses
An Important Ceremony
As to Dogs
Meeting with Hashem Bey
Starting on the Return Journey and some
Oriental Bargaining - The Beginning of the Story of the Mare
Another Present - Hassan Tasshin Pasha and His
Horses
We Say Farewell to Akmet Haffez and Start for
the Coast - "The Pride of the Euphrates" Comes to Us at Last and Meets Her Two
Sons
What One May Overlook in the Shipment of
Horses - We Leave the Ottoman Empire and Enter Essential Part of It at Least,
Although Surrounded by Spies
Naples and Some of the Misfortunes which
Overtook Us There - America at Last
Of Said Abdallah and His Notions of
America
The Bedouin of the Desert, His Son and His
Daughter, His Cattle and the Stranger That Is Within His Gates
The Arab Horse and His Present Status - Some
Stories from the Desert
Various Importations of Arab Horses
Part Three Supplemental
Material
Appendix I: Historic
Davenport Horses - Photo Section
Appendix II: Dramatis Personae
Appendix III: Current Davenport Horses - Photo
Section
Appendix IV: Dramatis Personae Continued
Sources
Index
This 329 page hard cover book was published in 1992 is in excellent condition
