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Das letzte Tauchpferd in Amerika: Cynthia Brannigan: Neu Hardcover @-
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- Artikelzustand
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- N/A
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9781101871959
- Book Title
- Last Diving Horse in America : Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals--Lessons in Living and Loving
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Pets
- Topic
- Horses, Animals / General, Animal Rights, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Named Best Equine Non-Fiction Book at the 2022 Equus Film & Arts Fest The rescue of the last diving horse in America and the inspiring story of how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other--from the award-winning animal rescuer of retired racing greyhounds and author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound It was the signature of Atlantic City's Steel Pier in the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground" Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Beginning in 1929, four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp, a diving girl in a bathing suit and helmet jumped onto its mighty bare back, and together they sailed forty feet through the air, plunging, to thunderous applause, into a ten-foot-deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse and changing times, the act was shuttered, and in May 1980, the last Atlantic City Steel Pier diving horse was placed on the auction block in Indian Mills, New Jersey. The author, who had seen the act as a child and had been haunted by it, was now working with Cleveland Amory, the founding father of the modern animal protection movement, and she was, at the last minute, sent on a rescue mission: bidding for the horse everyone had come to buy, some for the slaughterhouse (they dropped out when the bidding exceeded his weight). The author's winning bid: $2,600--and Gamal, gleaming-coated, majestic, commanding, was hers; she who knew almost nothing about horses was now the owner of the last diving horse in America. Cynthia Branigan tells the magical, transformative story of how horse and new owner (who is trying to sort out her own life, feeling somewhat lost herself and in need of rescuing) come to know each other, educate each other, and teach each other important lessons of living and loving. She writes of providing a new home for Gamal, a farm with plentiful fields of rich, grazing pasture; of how Gamal, at age twenty-six, blossoms in his new circumstances; and of the special bond that slowly grows and deepens between them, as Gamal tests the author and grows to trust her, and as she grows to rely upon him as friend, confidant, teacher. She writes of her search for Gamal's past: moved from barn to barn, from barrel racer to rodeo horse, and ending up on the Steel Pier; how his resilience and dignity throughout those years give deep meaning to his life; and how in understanding this, the author is freed from her own past, which had been filled with doubts and fears and darkness. Branigan writes of the history of diving horses and of how rescuing and caring for Gamal led to her saving other animals--burros, llamas, and goats--first as company for Gamal and then finding homes for them all; and, finally, saving a ten-year-old retired greyhound called King--despondent, nearly broken in spirit--who, running free in the fields with Gamal, comes back to his happy self and opens up for the author a whole new surprising but purposeful world. A captivating tale of the power of animals and the love that can heal the heart and restore the soul.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1101871954
ISBN-13
9781101871959
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22050082670
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Diving Horse in America : Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals--Lessons in Living and Loving
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Horses, Animals / General, Animal Rights, Historical
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Pets
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Sf293.T5b73 2021
Reviews
"[A] winning look back at seeing the iconic Steel Pier attraction as a child, a breathtaking unpacking of a traumatic memory so often shorthanded in Atlantic City lore." --Amy Rosenberg, Philadelphia Inquirer "In this moving love letter to rescued animals, Branigan, founder of Make Peace with Animals, shares her deep passion for giving unwanted creatures a second chance at life . . . This heartfelt story will be catnip for animal lovers." -- Publishers Weekly "An interesting look at the early animal-rights movement, and the impact that the dedication of a small group can have." -- Booklist "This book is a gem. The Last Diving Horse in America revealed the many ways that animal and human relationships can form. I loved reading it and recommend it to anyone who cares about animals." --Mary Lewis, horse trainer and Master equitation instructor, "[A] winning look back at seeing the iconic Steel Pier attraction as a child, a breathtaking unpacking of a traumatic memory so often shorthanded in Atlantic City lore."--Amy Rosenberg, Philadelphia Inquirer "In this moving love letter to rescued animals, Branigan, founder of Make Peace with Animals, shares her deep passion for giving unwanted creatures a second chance at life . . . This heartfelt story will be catnip for animal lovers."-- Publishers Weekly "An interesting look at the early animal-rights movement, and the impact that the dedication of a small group can have."-- Booklist "This book is a gem. The Last Diving Horse in America revealed the many ways that animal and human relationships can form. I loved reading it and recommend it to anyone who cares about animals."--Mary Lewis, horse trainer and Master equitation instructor
Lccn
2020-055047
Dewey Decimal
636.13209749
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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