<p>Here are all the adventures and adversity, the vivid portraits and useful advice which portray the heroic spirit and versatile nature of the horse. An enthusiastic horseman himself, J.N.P. Watson has compiled The World's Greatest Horse Stories for the pleasure of all who love this noble animal. Divided into twelve sections, this collection includes not only the greatest horse stories ever written but also a host of vignettes of equestrian lore: poens, snatches of equine hilosophy and personal experiences, excerpts from novels and plays, and much more.There are stories from such famous horse writers as Will James, Mary O'Hara, Anna Sewell; tales from such literary giants as Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy and Rudyard Kipling; poens from Henry Longfellow, Lord Byron and William Shakespeare; entertaining tips from such great statesmen as Theodore Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill; and fascinating extracts by those in today's horse world such as Dick Francis.</p>

The World's greatest horse stories

J. N. P. Watson

Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

World's Greatest Horse Stories

Literature & Fiction

Paddington (USA)

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