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Chargement... Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American Westpar Deanne Stillman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I haven't read a book about mustangs in a while . . . but given the state of things envirionmentally it should have been no surprise that for the mustang time has almost run out. And that is what I learned from this book. A very good read about a disturbing subject. (Well, disturbing to horse lovers.) One of the most informative book on Mustangs that I have ever read. Each chapter is broken down into different events that take place in North American that developed an lead to the modern American Mustang. It's hard to read many chapters in this book because it doesn't sugarcoat many aspects of our history of cruelty to this American legend. As a passionate horse person I loved and hated this book at the same time. I have read many books about wild mustangs and this is the best you can find. Stillman's passion for the horse in evident in this often poetic account of the role of the mustang in shaping the history of America. The heroes of this story are El Morzillo, the dark horse of Cortez; Comanche, who survived Custer's last stand; and, as Ms. Stillman makes clear, the countless and often nameless rides of the cavalry, Native Americans and cowboys, sometimes beloved and sometimes used up and discarded as disposible as a rag. This is a fine book for a teenager who can accept that many view animals as mere commodities. The most harrowing descriptions are in Chapter 8 which deals with the recent, despicable massacre and mutilation of mustangs in Nevada. The book also details the change in thinking from the idea that public lands are to be held in trust for the future to the current mentality that public lands are for the exploitation of the well-connected few. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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 across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old frontier, its iconic status in Buffalo Bill shows and early westerns, and its plight today as it makes its last stand on the vanishing range. With the Bureau of Land Management proposing to euthanize thousands of horses and ever-encroaching development threatening the land, the mustang's position has never been more perilous. But as Stillman reveals, the horses are still running wild despite all the obstacles, with spirit unbroken. Hailed by critics nationwide, Mustang is "brisk, smart, thorough, and surprising" (Atlantic Monthly). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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