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Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West
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by Deanne Stillman
Sales Rank: 31058
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 368 pages
Published by: Houghton Mifflin June 9, 2008
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0618454454
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0618454457
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
An epic story that restores the horse to its rightful place in the history of the American West
Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors to its bloody battles on the old frontier to its present plight as it fights for survival on the vanishing range.
Along the way, you meet some of the great characters -- equine and human alike -- in American history, including Comanche, the gallant horse that survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Charlie Joe, the intrepid cast member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show; Fritz, the mustang that became America's first equine movie star; and Bugz, the survivor of the 1998 wild horse massacre outside Reno, Nevada. There's also Wild Horse Annie, who lobbied for the first federal protections for mustangs and, after a twenty-year fight, saw them signed into law in 1971.
In the tradition of Barry Lopez and Peter Matthiessen, Mustang follows the horse tracks across American history and shows that despite ever-encroaching civilization and dwindling protections, the horses still run wild, with spirit unbroken -- a living tableau of our heritage. But for how much longer, no one can say.
About The Author
Deanne Stillman is the author of "'Twentynine Palms"', a "'Los Angeles Times"' bestseller and one of its Best Books of 2001. Her work appears in various publications, including the "'Los Angeles Times"', the "'New York Times"', and "'Rolling Stone"'. For the past twenty years, she has lived in Los Angeles, close to her beloved desert, which she has explored by foot and on horseback. The idea for "'Mustang"' originated when she began researching the 1998 massacre of thirty-four wild horses outside of Reno.
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