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Title The horse : the epic history of our noble companion / Wendy Williams.
Author Williams, Wendy, 1950-
Publication Info. New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
©2015
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  636.1 WIL    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
Contents Prologue: Backyard horses -- 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.
Subject Horses -- History.
Horses -- Evolution.
ISBN 9780374224400 (hardcover) : $26.00
0374224404 (hardcover)