Nobody's horses : the dramatic rescue of the wild herd of White Sands /
"Descended from the greatest horses of the American West, the wild horses living on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico--one of the most dangerous places on Earth--were a national treasure and a living legend. Big, strong, beautiful, and fierce, their ancestors were the mounts of the fa...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
[2006]
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| Summary: | "Descended from the greatest horses of the American West, the wild horses living on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico--one of the most dangerous places on Earth--were a national treasure and a living legend. Big, strong, beautiful, and fierce, their ancestors were the mounts of the famous lawmen, hardy cowboys, and notorious outlaws who had once ruled the Wild West. Over the years, these far-flung herds of the Land of Enchantment had inspired many myths, and were said to be guarded by an implacable band of enormous, ghostly stallions that kept them from harm. But in 1994, after decades of suffering through droughts, food shortages, and all the dangers that go with living on a military-weapons testing site, scores of horses suddenly died. And almost two thousand were in such dire straits that they were unlikely to survive. In a race to prevent more tragic deaths, large-animal veterinarian Don Höglund was called in to organize and lead a team of dedicated cowboys, soldiers, and other professionals in removing the surviving horses and their babies to safety. Then would come the challenge of rehabilitating them, and eventually placing them in loving homes with people who could meet the needs of the highly spirited wild animals"--Cover, p. 2. |
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| Item Description: | c.2 has signed title page. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0743290887 9780743290883 |