Download or read book Hidalgo and Other Stories written by Frank T. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one rode more miles than Frank Hopkins, eluded more danger, or befriended more famous people than he did. During the 1930s and 40s the self-proclaimed legend told a naïve American public that he had won nearly five hundred endurance races, including an imaginary race across Arabia on a mythical mustang named "Hidalgo."