Wild
Horses Reading List
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Here are some good books about
wild mustangs available at most libraries:
America's
Last Wild Horses
by Hope Ryden
Dutton Publishers, New York, 1970
-Ryden's book is the definitive description of
the fight to save wild horses in the United States. Packed with details,
very readable.
Wild
About Horses - Our Timeless Passion for the the Horse
by Lawrence Scanlan
Harper Collins, New York, 1998
-the newest "horse book"
out. A general celebration of the horse in human society, with significant
passages discussing North America's wild horses.
The
Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture
by John C. Ewers
Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of American Ethnology, Bulletin 159, 1955
-this academic book is an ethnographic study
of the role of the mustang in Native American cultures. Fascinating,
absolutely packed with arcane cultural information.
The
Natural History of the Horse
by John Clabby
Taplinger Publishing Company, New
York, 1976
-a science book written for the layman. Traces
the evolution of the horse, its spread around the planet, and discusses
horse breeding.
The
Last of the Wild Horses
by Ron Watts and Richard Adams
Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1996
-Ron Watts' photography is fabulous. This is a large coffee-table book of photographs of wild horses around the world.
Wild
Horses of Canada
by Norma Bearcroft
The Canadian Wild Horse Society,
Richmond, BC, 1974
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