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Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, America's Horse

AUTHOR Philipps, David
PUBLISHER W. W. Norton & Company (10/16/2018)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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The wild horse, popularly known as the mustang, is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: freedom, independence, the bedrock ideals of the nation. But in modern times it has become entangled in controversy and bureaucratic mismanagement, and now its future is imperiled. In Wild Horse Country, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they pose in our own time.

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ISBN-13: 9780393356229
ISBN-10: 0393356221
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 368
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 5.50 x 0.90 x 8.20 inches
Weight: 0.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Maps, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Pets | Horses
Pets | Animals - Horses
Pets | United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
Dewey Decimal: 636.13
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The wild horse, popularly known as the mustang, is so ingrained in the American imagination that even those who have never seen one know what it stands for: freedom, independence, the bedrock ideals of the nation. But in modern times it has become entangled in controversy and bureaucratic mismanagement, and now its future is imperiled. In Wild Horse Country, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America and investigates the shocking dilemma they pose in our own time.

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Author: Philipps, David
David Philipps is a features writer for the "Colorado Springs Gazette" whose articles have also appeared in the "Los Angeles Times", the "Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer", and" The Seattle Times, "among others. His coverage of the violence at Fort Carson won him the Livingston Prize for National Reporting and he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize." Lethal Warriors" was a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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