TY - BOOK AU - Cowper,William AU - Caldecott,Randolph TI - The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, and Came Safe Home Again AV - PZ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Humorous poetry, English KW - Horses -- Juvenile poetry KW - Wit and humor, Juvenile KW - Horsemanship -- Juvenile poetry KW - Marriage -- Juvenile poetry KW - Horse racing -- Juvenile poetry N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilpin; Release date is 2004-04-01; Produced by Suzanne Shell, Marit Henningsen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" by William Cowper is a comic ballad written in 1782. The poem recounts the misadventures of John Gilpin, a wealthy London draper, during what should have been a simple family journey to an inn. When Gilpin loses control of his horse, the animal bolts and carries him on an unplanned wild ride that takes him ten miles beyond his intended destination, separating him from his wife and children in a series of comic mishaps. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11979 ER -