The Mule Alternative: The Saddle Mule in the American West

In The Mule Alternative dozens of early western pioneers share their most exciting experiences with horses, mules, and oxen in challenging raging rivers, hostile Indians, unforgiving mountains, ferocious storms, killer deserts answer questions that living persons and modern experience can't. Questions like:
*Why did many early westerners prefer to ride a mule?
*How do mules really compare to horses?
*Why were oxen popular with last century's pioneers, and how did oxen
compare with horses and mules?
*Is a mule a sensible alternative for a modern rider?