Author: COWLEY, JOY & LAYNE JOHNSON
Title: Where Horses Run Free a Dream for the American Mustang
Description: Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2003. Soft Cover. Illustrated by Layne Johnson. Color Illustrations; 10.9 X 9.0 X 0.3 inches; 32 pages; Oblong shaped soft cover is stapled wraps. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with color pictures by Layne Johnson. This title was issued 'In Honor of Dayton O. Hyde's 91st Birthday.' pages not numbered. "She is the lead mare of a herd of wild horses that run the range. When people come to capture them, she leads the herd in a run for safety. But trucks and helicopters drive the horses into pens. Imprisoned behind barbed wire, the fire in the mare's heart is reduced to embers. Her spirit is almost broken, until a cowboy comes and promises to set the horses free." Based on the true story of Dayton O. Hyde and how he came to establish the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota, where wild horses continue to run free. Scarce soft cover copy. Wonderful story and art.. Fine .

Keywords: Horses; Animals; Wild Animals; Feral Animals; Juvenile Literature; Juvenile Animal Stories; Biography; South Dakota; Picture Book; Animals Education American History Biography/Memoirs/Journals Horses: : Nonfiction Horses: : Western Horses: : Wild/Feral Ho