In Praise Of Famous Horses

Author: Sean Magee

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  • : $49.99 NZD
  • : 9780304365395
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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  • : November 2020
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  • : Sean Magee
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  • : Hardback
  • : 2012
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  • : en
  • : 636.1003
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Barcode 9780304365395
9780304365395

Description

Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound.


These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of information about the horse's role in human culture and society over two millennia. Horses will not only be a helpful reference source and congenial bedside book for those who work with or enjoy horses, but also a satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader.