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Horse Sense

Horses in War and Peace

by Richard St. Barbe Baker

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Richard St. Barbe Baker, a forester and writer who had a lifelong affection for horses. The book draws on his experiences as a boy, his service in the Royal Horse Artillery during World War I, and his observations of horses in various conditions and climes. Baker's deep, affectionate understanding of horses shines through in the book, covering both the joys of peacetime riding and the suffering horses endured in wartime

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Book data: Open Library