Horses through Time

Download or read book Horses through Time written by Sandra L. Olsen and published by Roberts Rinehart. This book was released on 2003-10-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first paperback edition of a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book is a comprehensive, illustrated compilation of essays by some of the world's foremost authorities on horses. Horses through Time examines in laymen's terms the development of the lineage of horses through the paleontological record, the domestication of horses based on the archaeological record, the history of the interplay between humans and horses, the lively history of equestrian sports, and advances in equine veterinary medicine. To put horses in a global perspective, the book also discusses the living relatives of horses. Every chapter is topped off with exquisite photographs of horses, most of them in color.