Wild About Horses: Our Timeless Passion for the Horse

Authors: Scanlan, Lawrence
Publisher: Random House of Canada
BISAC/Subject: SPO057000, LIT022000, NAT016000
ISBN: 9780307364227, Related ISBNs: 0307364224, 0679309535, 0679310053, 9780307364227, 9780679309536
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 320,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: National Bestseller  ¸  Globe and Mail Bestseller

More than any other creature, the beautiful and spirited horse has shaped the course of human history. To gallop on horseback even once is to understand instantly why humans have been connecting with horses for more than 6,000 years. Thoughtful, lyrical, exhaustively researched and generously illustrated, Wild About Horses illuminates and chronicles the ancient, powerful and mystical bond between horses and humans.
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