Headless horseman

Thomas Mine Reed (1818 - 1883) - English writer, author of adventure novels and works for children and boys, some of whom were published under the pseudonym Captain Mine Reed. . and Anna Anne Reed, daughter of a priest. Reed was educated in Belfast and in 1840 left for the United States in search of adventure. As a journalist, he participated in the Mexican War of 1846 - 1848. In 1849, Reed was going to join the volunteers and take part in the Bavarian Revolution, but changed his mind and went to Northern Ireland.
“Hiddle without a head” - Mine Rida’s novel, written in 1865 and based on the adventures of the author in America.
The action of the novel takes place in Texas during the conquest of the Wild West. A mysterious murder occurs in the prairie. Suspicion of the murder falls on the young Mustanger Maurice Gerald, to whom the daughter of the planter beautiful Louise gave her heart. Mustanger"s friend, the brave hunter Zeb Istan, finds the main witness of the crime ...
A strong romantic line - the love of the daughter of a wealthy planter for a poor hunter for mustans - is intertwined with a mystical story about a mysterious horseman without a head