A few days ago
Anonymous

Books on How Horses Shaped America???

Hey, does any one know of any books or websites ( I need some of both!! ) regarding how horses shaped America, the huge parts they played in American wars, how they helped America to expand, etc. Basically any info on how the horse has helped to shape America!!!

I am doing a research paper on this topic and am having a tough time finding information on it, even though I know that horses have played a HUGE part making america what it is today. Any suggestions?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Ok, here are a few suggestions:

CONQUERORS – The Roots of New World Horsemanship by Deb Bennett

The Book of Draft Horses – The Gentle Giants that Built the World by Donna Campbell Smith

The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century by Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr

The Hoe and the Horse on the Plains, A Study of Cultural Development among North American Indians by Preston Holder

When Horses Walked on Water: Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America by Kevin J. Crisman and Arthur B. Cohn.

and for some first-hand perspective, you might try Horses, Hitches and Rocky Trails by Joe Back.

Websites:

“The Horse in Human History” http://mysite.verizon.net/mmaidens/

Some photos and a bit of information:

http://www.kingdomofhorses.com/history1.html

Cavalry history: http://www.uscavalryschool.org/cavalry_history.htm

http://www.uscavalry.org/cavlibrary.html

Horses in WW1:

http://www.geocities.com/blewholt/wwihorse.html

Hope this helps! (Sounds like a great topic!)

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4 years ago
Anonymous
Seabiscuit: An American Legend is definitely good i’ve got examine it extra beneficial than as quickly as. i certainly like the e book over the action picture reason they disregarded maximum of information that are interior the e book. Ruffian is assume to be good and it extremely is a real tale. i’ve got no longer examine it yet. there is likewise jockey Jerry Bailey’s autobiography called against the percentages or something like that. i’ve got no longer examine it the two yet i choose to. There additionally a e book correct to the race horse humorous-cide too if I undergo in ideas suitable.
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