{"product_id":"horsestory-volume-i-the-early-years-copy","title":"Horsestory Volume II: Longhorns to Lady Wonder","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vicki Watson \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBook 2 of 3: Horsestory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough our past is intertwined with horses, the stories of those strong and loyal helpers have mostly been forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Horsestory series highlights the diverse roles horses played over the years, and, when available, relates the stories of specific animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA recurring theme in this second volume is change. At that time, equines were relied upon to power nearly everything that required power. But automobiles and other machines encroached on horses’ territory until in the 1920s, automobiles outnumbered equines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTest your Horsestory IQ. Did you know?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA president was once arrested for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA blind horse helped build the Transcontinental Railroad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses helped save hundreds of lives by carrying warnings of a dam collapse in 1874.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifteen of the first twenty-eight winning jockeys in the Kentucky Derby were black.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Thoroughbred mare’s photos were used in one of the earliest versions of a motion picture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty mule teams, usually consisting of eighteen mules, hauled 20,000,000 tons of borax.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses moved an entire village of fifty-five houses a half mile to its new location in 1897.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost of the Rough Riders walked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses played a vital role in the lifeboat system that saved people from shipwrecks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses were instrumental in developing the antitoxin for diphtheria.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven and eleven-year-old brothers rode alone from New York to California in 62 days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA “psychic” mare helped searchers locate two missing boys in 1952 and 1955.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Horsestory Volume II: Longhorns to Lady Wonder, you’ll not only find the stories listed above but many more—sixty-two chapters of incredible ways horses collaborated with humans to achieve amazing things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading age: ‎ 12 - 18 years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover: ‎ 306 pages\u003cbr\u003eSize:  ‎ 8.5 x 11 inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67014388285744,"sku":"‎ 978-1733391252","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9176\/1200\/files\/HorsestoryVol2.jpg?v=1781920693","url":"https:\/\/readriderepeat.com\/products\/horsestory-volume-i-the-early-years-copy","provider":"TabortonBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}