The Horse, Wendy Williams
The Horse, Wendy Williams
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The Horse
The Epic History of Our Noble Companion

Author: Wendy Williams

Narrator: Angela Brazil

Unabridged: 11 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/12/2016


Synopsis

Horses have a story to tell, one of resilience, sociability, and intelligence, and of partnership with human beings. In The Horse, journalist and equestrienne Wendy Williams brings that story brilliantly to life.

Williams chronicles the 56-million-year journey of horses as she visits with experts around the world, exploring what our biological affinities and differences can tell us about the bond between horses and humans, and what our longtime companion might think and feel. Indeed, recent scientific breakthroughs regarding the social and cognitive capacities of the horse and its ability to adapt to changing ecosystems indicate that this animal is a major evolutionary triumph.

In this book, Williams observes magnificent ancient cave art in France and Spain that signals a deep respect and admiration for horses well before they were domesticated; visits the mountains of Wyoming with experts in equine behavior to understand the dynamics of free-roaming mustangs; celebrates the Takhi horses of Mongolia; and more. She blends profound scientific insights with remarkable stories to create a unique biography of the horse as a sentient being with a fascinating past and a finely nuanced mind.


About Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams is a journalist whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Christian Science Monitor, among many other publications. She is the author of several books, including Kraken and Cape Wind, and is a lifelong equestrienne. She lives in Mashpee, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bora

tl;dr: highly recommended for anyone who has ever seens a horse and liked it! As both a biologist and a professional equestrian I think I know quite a lot about horses. I have been learning about them from books, scientific articles, from a decade in vet school back in the day, from instructors and t......more

Goodreads review by Mark

One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year … Those who live and work with horses are justified in believing they know a lot about these animals. They certainly do – at least the ones they work with. But journalist Wendy Williams, in this affectionate and wonderfully readable little essay, describe......more

Goodreads review by Katie

Reading The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion filled me with awe and wonder at the mystery, not only of horses, but also the mystery of our great and grand world. As a very young girl I was aware of the evolutionary story of the horse, but I had no idea the depth of the mystery or how t......more