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.

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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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505 0 |a Prologue: Backyard horse -- Watching wild horses -- In the land of Butch Cassidy -- The Garden of Eden appears, then vanishes -- The triumph of Hipparion -- Equus -- Intermezzo -- The arch of the neck -- The partnership -- The eye of the horse -- The dance of communication -- The rewilding -- Epilogue: Backyard mustang. 
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