Farewell to the Horse
Author: Raulff, Ulrich
ISBN: 9780141983172
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A magical, wise and beguiling history of all the ways in which our world has been made by the horse.
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. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. And then, suddenly, in the 20th century the links were broken and the millions of horses that shared our existence almost vanished. Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of the endlessly various creature who has so often shared and shaped our fate.
ISBN: 9780141983172
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A magical, wise and beguiling history of all the ways in which our world has been made by the horse.
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. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. And then, suddenly, in the 20th century the links were broken and the millions of horses that shared our existence almost vanished. Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of the endlessly various creature who has so often shared and shaped our fate.
