In Praise of Famous Horses

Author(s): Sean Magee

Sport

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 only be a helpful reference source and congenial bedside book for those who work with or enjoy horses, but also a satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780304365395
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : October 2020
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sean Magee
  • : 224