Farewell to the Horse : The Final Century of Our Relationship
by Ulrich Raulff
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0241257603
- ISBN 13
- 9780241257609
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Allen Lane, UK, 2017. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 449 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen Lane, UK, 2017. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For millennia horses provided the strength and speed that humans lacked. How we travelled, farmed and fought was dictated by the needs of this extraordinary animal. And then, suddenly, in the 20th century the links were broken and the millions of horses that shared our existence almost vanished, eking out a marginal existence on race-tracks and pony clubs. Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was fundamental in countless historical events. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. From the Roman Empire to the Napoleonic Empire every world-conqueror needed to be shown on a horse. Tolstoy once reckoned that he had cumulatively spent some nine years of his life on horseback. Ulrich Raulff's book, a bestseller in Germany, is a superb monument to the endlessly various creature who has so often shared and shaped our fate. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN/EAN: 9780241257609. Inventory No: 24020131.. 9780241257609
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24020131
- Title
- Farewell to the Horse : The Final Century of Our Relationship
- Author
- Ulrich Raulff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0241257603
- ISBN 13
- 9780241257609
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Animals & Birds; Farewell to the Horse : The Final Century of Our Relationship
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals & Birds;
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