The horse the epic history of our noble companion

"A revelatory chronicle of the fifty-six-million-year history of the horse by a journalist and avid equestrienne, and reveals how biological affinities and differences have shaped bonds between horses and humans,"--NoveList.

Main Author: Williams, Wendy, 1950-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "A revelatory chronicle of the fifty-six-million-year history of the horse by a journalist and avid equestrienne, and reveals how biological affinities and differences have shaped bonds between horses and humans,"--NoveList.
Physical Description: 304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
ISBN: 9780374224400 (hardcover)
0374224404 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Wendy Williams is a journalist whose work has appeared in The Boston Globe , The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times , and The Christian Science Monitor , among many other publications. She is the author of several books, including Kraken and Cape Wind , and is a lifelong equestrienne. She lives in Mashpee, Massachusetts.