Horses and Americans by Phil Stong

Horses and the part they have played in American life from the Conestoga wagons and the Pony Express to the blooded thoroughbreds and show horses of today.

A great way to study American history !

Part One - Four Centuries of Frontiers

I Ninety Horses with Coats of Mail
II Cavalier, Deacon and Farmer
III Thirteen Colonies
IV Eighteenth-Century Travel and Transport
V Patriots
VI East and West
VII Wheels
VIII The Begats
IX The Shout of the Multitude
X Cowboys
XI The Way West
XII Note on Two Wars
XIII Long Hauls

Part Two - In Our Times

I Society
II Improving the Breed
III Modern Cavalry
IV Working Stock
V Forecast
Bibliography
Index

Horses and Americans
by Phil Stong

Horses and Americans by Phil Stong $55 plus s/h    1947 Garden City Publishing 6 3/4" x 9 3/4" 333 page Book is in excellent used condition No signs of use No writing, tears, stains Boards tight and bright Dust jacket has some fading and chips per photos Frontpiece in Full Color 103 Illustrations

Most of the illustrations are full page, plate illustrations on glossy paper - just wonderful !

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