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2) Mustangs
Author
Lexile Measure
530L
Summary
This book gives a physical description of Mustangs horses and describes their history and attributes in work and play.
Author
Series
Marguerite Henry horseshore library volume 9
Lexile Measure
840L
Summary
The author tells, from the point of view of Annie Johnston, the story of this Nevada woman and her fight to protect the American wild horse, the mustang, from extinction because of professional killers who chased the horses for use in dog food.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
"The wild horse is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: fierce independence, unbridled freedom, the bedrock ideals of the nation ... In Wild Horse Country, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they face in our own time. Here is the grand story of the horse: from its prehistoric debut in North...
8) The wild one
Author
Series
Phantom stallion volume 1
Lexile Measure
690L
Formats
Summary
Two years after being thrown by her horse, Blackie, in a near-fatal accident, Sam returns to her family's ranch and meets a mustang that could be the missing Blackie, or the legendary Phantom, or both.
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Summary
"One of the last of the great American cowboys, Ben Smith is a three-time rodeo champion with one last chance to take a stand. Injured in a rodeo fall, he heads home at the age of forty to the Little Brawny Ranch, where he befriends the son of the owner. Ben agrees to show little Jimmy the ropes: the rigors of ranching, the rewards of hard work, and the awe-inspiring beauty of the wild mustang herds running free. But when they learn the horses are...
10) Ultimate Mustang
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Summary
No sports car has ever captured the heart of the American consumer in quite the same way as the Ford Mustang. Here is the saga of the Pony Car throughout seven generations of design and technological innovation. Beautiful full-color photographs and comprehensive text illustrate the Mustang's complete history, year by year, including interior and exterior evolution, racing advances, and the people behind the development and success of this American...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Summary
Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful and hated, maladjusted beast until the day he found his way to a rural Illinois farm, an ill-equipped owner, and one last chance. Mitch Bornstein's task was to...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Summary
Free-spirited Lucky Prescott moves to Miradero to join her estranged father, and is decidedly unimpressed with the sleepy town until she discovers a unique tie to her late mother, who was a fearless horse-riding stunt performer. She quickly forms a bond with a wild mustang named Spirit and makes two new pals who love horses as much as she does. When a heartless wrangler plans to capture Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her friends set off on an epic...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Summary
The entire history of America's original pony car, in its full glory. Ford's Mustang is America's most iconic pony car. According to many, it is the only vehicle that really earned the title pony car. This lavishly illustrated work walks readers through Mustang's 50-plus years of continuous production - a rich and varied history nearly unmatched in the automotive world. From the first six-cylindered Mustang of 1964-1/2 through fire-breathing, world-beating...
15) Moonrunner
Author
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Lexile Measure
620L
Summary
It is the 1890s. Twelve-year-old Casey has just moved to Australia. He misses his home in Montana and his friends. But most of all he misses the wild mustangs. When Casey discovers a herd of wild brumbies, he develops a special bond with a stallion, Moonrunner, that changes his life.
Pub. Date
2002
Summary
Join Spirit, a young wild mustang, as he sets out against impossible odds to regain his freedom and save his homeland. On his courageous journey across the American frontier, Spirit forms a remarkable friendship with a Lakota brave, outwits a squadron of soldiers, and falls for a paint mare named Rain.
17) Hidalgo
Pub. Date
Burbank, CA
Summary
In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian sheiks. The race soon...
18) Black Cloud
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 8
Lexile Measure
600L
Summary
Despite the dangers, Black Cloud enjoys his life as a wild mustang colt in 1951 Nevada but when humans round up and slaughter his herd, he is rescued by a talkative girl named Annie who gives him a safe and comfortable life, lacking nothing but freedom.
