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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Newburyport :
Grove Atlantic,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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