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050	0	0	_aSF283 _b.W55 2015
082	1		_a636.1 WIL _2
100	1		_aWilliams, Wendy _d(1950 -)
245	1	4	_aThe horse ; _bthe epic history of our noble companion _c/ Wendy Williams.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2015
300			_a304 p _b: illus. _c; 24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: Backyard horse -- Watching wild horses -- In the land of Butch Cassidy -- The Garden of Eden appears, then vanishes -- The triumph of Hipparion -- Equus -- Intermezzo -- The arch of the neck -- The partnership -- The eye of the horse -- The dance of communication -- The rewilding -- Epilogue: Backyard mustang.
520	3		_aHorses have a story to tell, one of resilience, sociability, and intelligence, and of partnership with human beings. In The Horse, the journalist and equestrienne Wendy Williams brings that story brilliantly to life. Williams chronicles the 56-million-year journey of horses as she visits with experts around the world, exploring what our biological affinities and differences can tell us about the bond between horses and humans, and what our longtime companion might think and feel. Indeed, recent scientific breakthroughs regarding the social and cognitive capacities of the horse and its ability to adapt to changing ecosystems indicate that this animal is a major evolutionary triumph. Williams charts the course that leads to our modern Equus-from the protohorse to the Dutch Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds, and cow ponies of the twenty-first century.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aHorses _x-History
650		4	_aHorses _x-Evolution
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