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In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport

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In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport - Magee, Sean
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Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of information about the horse's role in human culture and society over two millennia. Horses will not ...

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In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport 2022, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London

ISBN-13: 9781474619110

Mass-market paperback

In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport 2020, Cassell Reference, London

ISBN-13: 9780304365395

Hardcover