| Description |
288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Horsemanship as an art -- Dealing and stealing (Buying horses ; Base villany ; The discovery of several tricks and cheats used by jockeys ; To know the age of a horse) -- Eastern and thoroughbred -- The road (The English mail coach ; The Overland Conductor ; Pony Express) -- The frontier -- The horse in the railway age |
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The age of chariots (Chariot training ; Funeral games ; from religion to sport ; The death of Cuchulainn) -- From Greeks to Goths (Xenophon ; Crowned by his horse ; The Parthians ; Natural history ; Roman tactics ; The defeat of Totila) -- Horsemen of the Steppes (Darius and the Scythians ; The Tartar horsemen ; The Western reply) -- Ritual and religion -- The age of chivalry (The Cid ; In the Crusades) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 286 |
| Subject |
Horses in art.
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Horses -- History.
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Horses.
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| Author |
Hall, Julian, 1972-
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| LC no. |
75302144 |
| ISBN |
0714815403 |
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