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Galloping through history : amazing true horse stories / Elizabeth MacLeod.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto : Annick Press, 2015.Description: 82 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1554516994 (pbk.)
  • 1554517001 (bound)
  • 9781554516995 (pbk.)
  • 9781554517008 (bound)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Bucephalus: the most famous warhorse of the ancient world -- Mustangs: North America's wild horses -- Patriotic horse: Star, unsung hero of the Revolutionary war -- The Pony Express: cross-country mail movers -- Pit ponies: fueling industry from deep underground -- Seabiscuit: a winner against all odds -- Time line -- Horsing around: horsey places to visit.
Subject: From the time people first rode horses more than 5,000 years ago, these amazing creatures have changed the way humans live, travel, fight, work, and play. In her captivating storytelling style, Elizabeth MacLeod brings to life six of the most exciting horses that have influenced the course of civilization.
List(s) this item appears in: READALIKE: Horse Books
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 636.1009 M165 Available 33111007716943
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 636.1009 M165 Available 33111007964394
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Powerful, spirited, and beautiful, horses have literally changed the world.

From the time people first rode horses more than 5,000 years ago, these amazing creatures have changed the way humans live, travel, fight, work, and play. In her captivating, story-telling style, author Elizabeth MacLeod brings to life some of the most exciting examples of how horses have influenced the course of civilization.

Read about Bucephalus, the valiant horse that led Alexander the Great fearlessly into battle; the mighty Mustangs used by the Native peoples to hunt buffalo; hard-working pit ponies that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution by hauling coal out of mines, and the Pony Express, that helped revolutionize the way people communicated. There are six chapters in all, including one about Seabiscuit, whose triumphs at the racetrack provided people with hope and encouragement during the dark days of the Great Depression, and Sybil Ludington's horse Star, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War.

Horses hold a natural fascination for many young people. What better way to introduce them to world history than through the stories of these magnificent animals.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bucephalus: the most famous warhorse of the ancient world -- Mustangs: North America's wild horses -- Patriotic horse: Star, unsung hero of the Revolutionary war -- The Pony Express: cross-country mail movers -- Pit ponies: fueling industry from deep underground -- Seabiscuit: a winner against all odds -- Time line -- Horsing around: horsey places to visit.

From the time people first rode horses more than 5,000 years ago, these amazing creatures have changed the way humans live, travel, fight, work, and play. In her captivating storytelling style, Elizabeth MacLeod brings to life six of the most exciting horses that have influenced the course of civilization.

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