Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9781034289678
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Languages : en
Pages : 116

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"At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock. He had been broken to saddle by a Green Mountain boy who knew more of horse nature than of the trashy things writ in books. He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank. So Skipper's disposition was sweet and his nature a trusting one."

Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher:
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Category : Horse stories
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN: 9781428076907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979482462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock. He had been broken to saddle by a Green Mountain boy who knew more of horse nature than of the trashy things writ in books. He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank. So Skipper's disposition was sweet and his nature a trusting one.

Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780665818967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: Sewell Ford
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507675731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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"[...]tone, said: "'Ten-shun! Right dress!" Skipper pricked up his ears, raised his head, and side-stepped stiffly. The trotting dandy turned and looked curiously at him. "Forward!" said the man in the wagon. Skipper hobbled out into the road. "Right wheel! Halt! I thought so," said the man, as Skipper obeyed the orders. "That fellow has been on the force. He was standing post. Looks mighty familiar, too—white stockings on two forelegs, white star on forehead. Now I wonder if that can be—here, hold the reins a minute."[...]".

Author: Rafael Sabatini
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678119628
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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Author: Reginald R. Sharpe
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359939821
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Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Author: Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562982
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can’t look away.” —Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.