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Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History

Ulrich Raulff
Farewell to the Horse A Cultural History Book PDF

Author : Ulrich Raulff
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781631494338

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A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, for readers of The Invention of Nature and The Soul of an Octopus. Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly mechanized society, they began to disappear from human history. In this esoteric and rich tribute, award-winning historian Ulrich Raulff chronicles the dramatic story of this most spectacular creature, thoroughly examining how they’ve been muses and brothers in arms, neglected and sacrificed in war yet memorialized in paintings, sculpture, and novels—and ultimately marginalized on racetracks and in pony clubs. Elegiac and absorbing, Farewell to the Horse paints a stunning panorama of a world shaped by hooves, and the imprint left on humankind. “A beautiful and thoughtful exploration. . . . Farewell to the Horse is a grown-up, but also lyrical and creative, history book, and I very much enjoyed it.”— James Rebanks, author of the New York Times bestseller The Shepherd’s Life

Farewell to the Horse

Ulrich Raulff
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Author : Ulrich Raulff
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241257616

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THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 'A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world' James Rebanks 'Scintillating, exhilarating ... you have never read a book like it ... a new way of considering history' Observer The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For millennia horses provided the strength and speed that humans lacked. How we travelled, farmed and fought was dictated by the needs of this extraordinary animal. And then, suddenly, in the 20th century the links were broken and the millions of horses that shared our existence almost vanished, eking out a marginal existence on race-tracks and pony clubs. Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was fundamental in countless historical events. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. From the Roman Empire to the Napoleonic Empire every world-conqueror needed to be shown on a horse. Tolstoy once reckoned that he had cumulatively spent some nine years of his life on horseback. Ulrich Raulff's book, a bestseller in Germany, is a superb monument to the endlessly various creature who has so often shared and shaped our fate.

The Horse in Human History

Pita Kelekna
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Author : Pita Kelekna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521516594

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This book assesses the impact of the horse on human society from 4000 BC to 2000 AD, by first describing initial horse domestication on the Pontic-Caspian steppes and the early development of driving and riding technologies. It traces the radiation of newly mobile equestrian cultures across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It then documents the transmission of steppe chariotry and cavalry to sedentary states, the high economic importance of the horse, and the socio-political evolution of equestrian empires, which from antiquity into the modern era expanded across continents.

Goodbye Old Friend

Simon Butler
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Author : Simon Butler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Draft horses
ISBN : 0857041703

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"Our relationship with the working horse, which had existed since prehistoric times, reached its peak during the long reign of Queen Victoria [(1837-1901)]. .. On the farms of Britain little moved without horse power and the coming of the railway only increased the number of horses in the country. Yet following the First World War, the empire of the horse evaporated, and within a few decades the working horse had disappeared completely from the British landscape. ... Here the author looks in detail at the prominence of the working horse in rural Britain during Victoria's reign, the challenge of steam power and the internal combustion engine, and the movement of population away from the countryside. The devastating effect of the First World War is then examined, followed by the years in which the world of the working horse quickly faded from memory. ..."--Book jacket.

The Bride's Farewell

Meg Rosoff
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Author : Meg Rosoff
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780141945453

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On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. Then Pell meets a hunter, infuriating, mysterious and cold. Will he help her to find what she seeks? With all the hallmarks of Meg Rosoff's extraordinary writing, The Bride's Farewell also breaks new ground for this author, in a nineteenth century, Hardyesque setting. This is a moving story of love and lost things, with a core of deep, beautiful romance.

The Age of the Horse

Susanna Forrest
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Author : Susanna Forrest
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802189516

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A “superb” account of the enduring connection between humans and horses—“Full of the sort of details that get edited out of more traditional histories” (The Economist). Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth—and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers of the Copper Age, the horse has played an integral part in human history. It has sustained us as a source of food, an industrial and agricultural machine, a comrade in arms, a symbol of wealth, power, and the wild. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdote, equestrian expert Susanna Forrest draws from an immense range of archival documents as well as literature and art to illustrate how our evolution has coincided with that of horses. In paintings and poems (such as Byron’s famous “Mazeppa”), in theater and classical music (including works by Liszt and Tchaikovsky), representations of the horse have changed over centuries, portraying the crucial impact that we’ve had on each other. Forrest combines this history with her own experience in the field, and travels the world to offer a comprehensive look at the horse in our lives today: from Mongolia where she observes the endangered takhi, to a show-horse performance at the Palace of Versailles; from a polo club in Beijing to Arlington, Virginia, where veterans with PTSD are rehabilitated through interaction with horses. “For the horse-addicted, a book can get no better than this . . . original, cerebral and from the heart.” —The Times (London)

The Horse and his Boy

C. S. Lewis
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Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547115748

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Horse and his Boy" by C. S. Lewis. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Horse People

Michael Korda
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Author : Michael Korda
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780061746956

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Bestselling author Michael Korda's Horse People is the story -- sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes sad and moving, always shrewdly observed -- of a lifetime love affair with horses, and of the bonds that have linked humans with horses for more than ten thousand years. It is filled with intimate portraits of the kind of people, rich or poor, Eastern or Western, famous or humble, whose lives continue to revolve around the horse. Korda is a terrific storyteller, and his book is intensely personal and seductive, a joy for everyone who loves horses. Even those who have never ridden will be happy to saddle up and follow him through the world of horses, horse people, and the riding life.

Horses of the World

Élise Rousseau
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Author : Élise Rousseau
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691167206

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Horses of the World is a comprehensive, large-format overview of 570 breeds of domestic and extant wild horses, including hybrids between the two and between domestic breeds and other equids, such as zebras. This beautifully illustrated and detailed guide covers the origins of modern horses, anatomy and physiology, variation in breeds, and modern equestrian practices. The treatment of breeds is organized by country within broader geographical regions--from Eurasia through Australasia and to the Americas. Each account provides measurements (weight and height), distribution, origins and history, character and attributes, uses, and current status. Every breed is accompanied by superb color drawings--600 in total--and color photographs can be found throughout the book.--AMAZON.

The Smallest Horse

Lorie List
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Author : Lorie List
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Horses
ISBN : 0692943358

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The Smallest Horse tells the story of Trixie, a miniature horse, who worries that she¿s not big enough to have an important job on the ranch. She tries her hand at herding cattle, but gets lost in the tall grass. She¿s sure she is brave enough to be a trail horse, but the creek is too deep for her to cross. She¿d like to be a show horse, but she can¿t quite master the fancy footwork. The big horses try and cheer her up by reminding her of good reasons to be small, but it doesn¿t help. By the end of the book, Trixie discovers that the does indeed have a very important job to do, and being small helps her do it even better.

Stable Farewell

Bonnie Bryant
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Author : Bonnie Bryant
Publisher : Skylark
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307825469

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When Veronica diAngelo, a spoiled rich kid, receives a new horse for Christmas she forgets all about Garnet, her beautiful Arabian, making the Saddle Club girls determined to find a new home for the lonely mare.

The Girl on the Dancing Horse

Charlotte Dujardin
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Author : Charlotte Dujardin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473544277

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*THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM THE MOST DECORATED BRITISH FEMALE OLYMPIAN IN HISTORY* 'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound _______________________________________________ "To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. It's a sound I will never, ever forget." Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012 Olympics. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse. But no one quite knew what it took to get there, nor how hard the path to success would be - until now. Dujardin began riding horses at the age of two, but dressage was firmly the domain of the wealthy, not the life of a girl from a middle-class family. Her parents sacrificed all and with a undeterred focus, Charlotte left school at 16 to follow her dream. When she was invited to be a groom for the British Olympian Carl Hester, she began to ride Valegro, a dark bay gelding and an unbreakable bond was formed. This is their incredible story.

The Nature of Horses

Stephen Budiansky
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Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780684827681

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Covering origins and evolution, communication and behavior, physiology and biomechanics, seasoned nature writer and horse owner Stephen Budiansky offers an accessible guide to the centuries-old mysteries and the latest findings about this marvelous creature. Line drawings throughout. 4-page color insert.

The Little White Horse

Elizabeth Goudge
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Author : Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher : Lion Fiction
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782643104

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The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge Pdf

'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' - JK Rowling - The Bookseller In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather travels to her family's ancestral home, Moonacre Manor, to live with her uncle Sir Benjamin. She immediately feels right at home with her kind and funny uncle and meets a wonderful set of new friends — but she quickly learns that beneath all this beauty and comfort, a past feud haunts Moonacre Manor and it’s her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and restore the peace to Moonacre Valley. A beautifully written fantasy story filled with magic, a Moon Princess, and a mysterious white horse. Little White Horse and the delightful heroine, Maria Merryweather, are sure to be loved by all children.

The Collected Neil the Horse

Katherine Collins
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Author : Katherine Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1772620157

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The world's only musical comic book, originally published by Aardvark/ Vanaheim in the 1980s, now collected for the first time.