# Kicking a Dead Horse

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- Book: [Kicking a Dead Horse](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard/kicking-a-dead-horse) ([Kicking a Dead Horse.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard/kicking-a-dead-horse.md))
- Authors: [Sam Shepard](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-shepard)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-682-3
- Pages: 80
- Published: 2008-06-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A solitary man digs a hole in the ground, near a dead horse. Amidst the clutter of food and equipment stands Hobart Struther, who has ridden all the way out to the middle of nowhere on a holy mission....