Author: FOX, CHARLES PHILIP
Title: Working Horses Looking Back 100 Years to America's Horse Drawn-Days
Description: Whitewater, WI: Heart Prairie Pr, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0962266329. B&W Illustrations; 11.1 X 8.5 X 1.0 inches; vi, 249 pages; NEW. Hard cover is burgundy faux leather with gold lettering on spine. DJ. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with 300+ pictures. "It is didficult to believe that man was completely dependent on horses--to move freight; build roads; deliver milk, ice and coal; gallop over city streets with huge pieces of fire equipment; pull ambulances; deliver mail; move circuses; haul street cars and do any other work that needed to be done. Yet a century ago this was the normal state of affairs. Reminiscing with these nostalgic photographs and prints will make any horseman or horsewoman appreciate the significance of the workhorse in the development of America." Index.. New in New dust jacket .

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