Book and jacket in Fine condition.

    Her pony's accident provides Cassie with an introduction to show horses.

    Now there is: the second edition of this classic.

    In this provocative account, Hope Ryden--who helped to ensure the passage of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, which grants mustangs special protection--combs the history of these proud and noble horses. Descended from the Spanish horses ridden by the conquistadors, they evolved into the tough and intelligent ponies that Indians--and later, explorers and cowboys--learned to rely on. From the period when wholesale extermination of the buffalo was under way until recent times, commercial and political interests have sought to eliminate the wild horses as varmints. In this update to this classic story, Ryden tells of the successes and failures of regulation, and includes stunning color photographs. The subject of a front-page article in The New York Times when it was first published, America's Last Wild Horses continues to be a compelling testament to the life of a uniquely American symbol of grace and wildness, and is a must-read for horse lovers and Western history enthusiasts everywhere.

    -- Practical advice on both riding and caring for a pony or horse-- Gives information on treating simple illnesses-- Also covers more advanced riding, jumping and showing

    Anderson --My friend Flicka : the original short story / Mary O'Hara --Beast of God / Cecilia Dabrowska --Night Star / Stephen Holt --The summer of the beautiful white horse / William Saroyan --Two-bits of traffic C / Irving Crump --The Royal Greens / Russell Gordon Carter --Coaly-Bay, the outlaw horse / Ernest Thompson Seton --Before Misty (from Misty of Chincoteague) / Marguerite Henry --The gift (from The red pony) / John Steinbeck --The seeing eye / Will James --Trapped (from Vicki and the black horse) / Sam Savitt --First day finish (from The friendly persuasion) / Jessamyn West --The black horse / Jim Kjelgaard --Metzengerstein / Edgar Allan Poe --Easy does it! / Robert L. McGrath --The winning of Dark Boy / Josephine Noyes Felts --The horse of the sword / Manuel Buaken --The adventures of Black Beauty (from Black Beauty) / Anna Sewell --Indian fighter / Stephen Holt --An imperial performance (from Florian, the emperor's stallion) / Felix Salten --Flame / Willis Lindquist --Waif of the jungle (from The river horse) / Nina Ames Frey --Cristiano / W.H. Hudson