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The Age of the Horse : an Equine Journey Through Human History.

A "superb" account of the enduring connection between humans and horses'"Full of the sort of details that get edited out of more traditional histories" (The Economist). Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth'and beginning with the first-known h...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Forrest, Susanna
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newburyport : Grove Atlantic, 2017.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; Evolution
  • An Onion Can Turn into a Lily; Domestication
  • A Tooth, a Grave and Mare's Milk; Wildness
  • A Swift and Savage Breed; Culture
  • Horses Strangely Wise; Power
  • Hay is Biofuel; Meat
  • Americans Don't Eat Horses; Wealth
  • Knight Dreams and Heavenly Horses; War
  • Are Horses Warriors?; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index; A Note about the Author; Back Cover