▁stories . ▁Despite ▁his ▁lack ▁of ▁extensive ▁formal ▁education , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁liter ate ▁and ▁eng aging ▁writer . ▁ ▁Like ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Will ▁James ▁and ▁Ben ▁K . ▁Green , ▁his ▁stories ▁read ▁as ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁written ▁from ▁the ▁s addle . ▁ ▁They ▁ex ude ▁g rit ty ▁authentic ity ▁and ▁good ▁humor . ▁The ▁plots ▁tend ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁long ▁r ides , ▁must anging , ▁and ▁cattle ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁vast ▁exp ans es ▁of ▁the ▁Mountain ▁West . ▁His ▁writing ▁is ▁not ▁as ▁well ▁known ▁as ▁that ▁of ▁James ▁and ▁Green ▁because ▁almost ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁stories ▁and ▁articles ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁national ▁magazine ▁with ▁a ▁read ership ▁of ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁thousand , ▁The ▁Morgan ▁Hor se , ▁( “ TM H ” ). ▁Through ▁his ▁personal ▁example ▁and ▁his ▁writing , ▁Ped ler ▁influenced ▁others . ▁Because ▁of ▁him , ▁some ▁people ▁chose ▁Morgan ▁horses , ▁became ▁trail ▁rid ers , ▁or ▁attempted ▁to ▁write . ▁ ▁Ped ler ▁died ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁His ▁ob itu ary ’ s ▁only ▁words ▁regarding ▁what ▁he ▁did ▁in ▁life ▁are : ▁“ He ▁was ▁a ▁hors eman , ▁and ▁he ▁rode ▁good ▁horses .” ▁ ▁Qu ot ations ▁“ He ▁could ▁find ▁his ▁way ▁over ▁a ▁kn oll ▁po ck ed ▁with ▁bad ger ▁holes ▁and ▁scarcely ▁miss ▁a ▁st ride , ▁and ▁he ▁could ▁jump ▁a ▁double ▁was h ▁on ▁a ▁run , ▁light