Another horse-instance from Jews Without Money by Michael Gold, woodcuts by Howard Simon, published by International Publishers, New York, NY, 1937 (16th edition)
Michael became deathly ill once, and it started with a Fourth of July firework. A firecracker came in through his bedroom window, landed on his pillow, and went off. It tore a hunk [...]
From Jews Without Money by Michael Gold, Woodcuts by Howard Simon. International Publishers (New York NY), 1937. 309 pp HC $5.00.
“In the livery stable on our street there was an old truck horse I loved. Every night he came home weary from work, but they did not unhitch him at once. [. [...]
Oh yes it does too have something to do with horses!
OK, maybe Harvey Pekar doesn’t and were I the editor and not the writer of this blog, I would say to Leslie, “Leslie,” I would say, “Exactly what does Harvey Pekar, author of the American Splendor series of comics have to do with horses?” and [...]
I like a swash-bucklin’ woman, which is exactly how the protagonist, Kate Stanley, shows the reader her mettle in the first chapter of this book of deception, mystery, bad Jacobeans, and the theatre. Kate is a young American woman with an academic background who has said Goodbye To All That in order to follow her [...]
When a woman dons the clothes of a man and dresses against her sex, she not only disguises herself but she does indeed take on the power and the position of the rightful owner of those garments. It’s like Halloween, when you dress as your favorite superhero or princess or whatever and for a time [...]
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports is the third book by James Patterson about the flock, a band of six winged children (and their talking dog Total) and their struggles to survive the menacing forces that created them — and that want to destroy them.
I admit, I’m a sucker for mouthy girl main character [...]
Clifford of Drummond Island is a horse book for horse women – or for those who want to be. Though it is short, the wise reader will consume this book in snippets rather than rush through to the end. It’s a good book to keep in the car and read passages of right before time [...]
My friend Dawn loaned me a copy of Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards. Damn! It’s one of those can’t-put-it-down books! I sat up very late on Friday night and read and read until I got to the end. And yes, I was tearing up and snuffling a bit.
An abused animal walks into Susan’s [...]
I was nosing around the Young Adult section of the library the other day looking specifically for girl horse books and found Wind Rider. I read a bunch of it this morning while cycling to nowhere at at the gym, a great time to get some reading done especially if you’re not into getting your [...]
One of my favorite books on horses is The Nature of Horses by Stephen Budiansky. Budiansky is a science writer who has also written about our favorite domestic creatures, science, and history.
According to Budiansky’s research and writing, the pivitol moments in the horse/human connection occured about 6,000 years ago, shortly after their fossil remains (and [...]
