The Western Horse: A Popular History of the Wild and Working Animal - Brossura

Samuelson-brown, Randi

 
9781493073849: The Western Horse: A Popular History of the Wild and Working Animal
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ISBN 10: 1493073842 ISBN 13: 9781493073849
Casa editrice: Twodot, 2024

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This book celebrates the history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the American West.

Beginning in the 1500s, The Western Horse delves into the origins and variations of the western breeds, their role in the expansion and settlement of the West, and the lawless element they attracted. The 1800s is when the stereotypes of Western Americana flourish accompanied by the ever-present horse. The mounted Plains tribes, cavalry, Pony Express, pioneers, stock detectives, cowboys, horse thieves, and the iconic rodeos come into perspective.

The book dispels some of the falsehoods of the western horse and replace those inaccuracies with interesting facts. Case in point: many people grow up believing that the wild mustangs are the offspring the conquistador’s horses. While that belief is partially true, it is also partially incorrect. While the conquistadors returned with horses re-introducing them to the American landmass, the Spaniards only rode stallions. The progenitors of the mustangs likely occurred a bit later—lost stock of the Spanish settlers and the missions that returned into the wild.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Randi Samuelson-Brown is a native of Colorado, originally from Golden. She is the author of multiple books including The Bad Old Days of Colorado: Untold Stories of the Wild West, which was a finalist in the Colorado Book Awards 2021 and was featured on C-SPAN. Market Street Madam, an award-nominated historical fiction, is set in a vice-riddled Denver and Leadville during the 1890s. Because of her books’ successes, Randi is emerging as a known Denver historian and has presented at: Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers-Evans House Museum; History Colorado; Historic Denver; Golden History Museum; various Colorado historical societies and libraries; and writers’ conferences across the region. She lives in Denver, CO.

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Editore
Twodot
Data di pubblicazione
2024
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1493073842
ISBN 13 
9781493073849
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
197
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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