{"product_id":"2940151578936","title":"The Headless Horseman","description":"Thomas Mayne Reid (1818 – 1883), was a Scots-Irish American novelist. \"Captain\" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Headless Horseman is a story about an Irish adventurer and hero in the War with Mexico. First Lt. Reid, writing as \"Captain Reid,\" penned a series of popular novels and attributed his headless horseman idea to a south Texas folk tale. Vladimir Nabokov recalled The Headless Horseman as a favorite adventure novel of his childhood years: \"which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky.\" At 11, Nabokov even translated The Headless Horseman into French alexandrines.","brand":"Magic Fairy Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160895340784,"sku":"2940151578936","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151578936_p0.jpg?v=1764012480","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151578936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}