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Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals, Women, a Passion
Dark Horses and Black Beauties Animals Women a Passion
Author: Melissa Holbrook Pierson
In a phenomenon too prevalent to be mere chance, little girls all over the Western world wake one day to find themselves completely taken over by the love of all things equine. Melissa Holbrook Pierson was one of those horse-crazy girls who later returned to riding with a new appreciation for the nature of horses. Melding memoir, sociology, hist...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393322668
ISBN-10: 0393322661
Publication Date: 10/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Based on the description, I thought this book would explore more fully the relationship between women and horses, and why so many of us are drawn to them, especially early and late in life. It turned out to be more about how poorly humans have treated horses, complete with painful descriptions that I ended up skipping. There were some insightful passages, and some well-told stories from the author's own life. She clearly loves horses, but the booked lacked focus and hence cohesion and meaning for me.
If you want to learn more about how we can be better people for knowing horses, read The Power of the Herd by Linda Kohanov.


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