Author: Roger Caras
Publisher:
Published: 2007-09-13
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780884864172
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Featured in literature and popular culture; immortalized in myth, legen, and art; the role of the horse has been transformed by mankind through the years. Admired for their strength, speed and beauty, horses have represented survival, wealth, dominance, freedom and even spirituality. Thus, it is not surprising that many of our most treasured authors, both past and present, have chosen to feature this magnificent creature in their writings. From Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to Mary O' Hara's My Friend Flicka?-Treasury of Great Horse Stories gathers works from the greatest writers of our times
Author: Roger A. Caras
Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780883658406
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"There is no denying the fact that man arrived at his present high station in life on the back of a horse." So begins Roger Caras's glimpse into the history and significance of man's most industrious animal. Caras, current president of the ASPCA, provides an extraordinary compilation of twenty-seven classic horse tales, including stories written by well-known authors such as Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. Each story is beautifully written, and wonderfully entertaining. In Mary Wilkins Freeman's "The Doctor's Horse," the reader is introduced to a spirited horse that seems predestined for only one owner, a doctor, whose youthfulness is ignited by the horse's presence. William F. Nolan's "Shadow Quest" follows the relationship between a lonely drifter and a wild horse appropriately named Diablo. And, in J. Lincoln Steffens's "The Old Jim Horse," a fire chief determines the fate of the department's old work horse. This anthology is a great gift book for any horse lover or animal lover. Be sure to check out Caras's companion books, "Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories" and "Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Dog Stories."
Author: John Woodward
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines how the role of horses has evolved throughout history, profiles different breeds, discusses horses in pop culture, and introduces the practicalities of horse care and riding.
Author: Margaret Cabell Self
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780331927757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Treasury of Horse Stories How Mr. Pickwick Undertook to Drive and Mr. Winkle to Ride from the PI CK WI CK papers by Charles Dickens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Dick Francis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780393031027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of fourteen classic horse racing stories.