In Praise of Famous Horses H/B

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In Praise of Famous Horses H/B

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Author: Sean Magee

Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9780304365395

Date: 1st October, 2020

Publisher: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

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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.

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