Horsestory Volume II: Longhorns to Lady Wonder

Although our past is intertwined with horses, the stories of those strong and loyal helpers have mostly been forgotten.

The Horsestory series highlights the diverse roles horses played over the years, and, when available, relates the stories of specific animals. The series is very visual with many historical photos. It's an enjoyable read on its own for those who love horses or history.

Volume II covers the time period from the days of the cattle drives out west to the early 1920s.

Test your Horsestory IQ. Did you know?

• A president was once arrested for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage.
• A blind horse helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.
• Horses helped save hundreds of lives by carrying warnings of a dam collapse in 1874.
• Fifteen of the first twenty-eight winning jockeys in the Kentucky Derby were black.
• A Thoroughbred mare’s photos were used in one of the earliest versions of a motion picture.
• Twenty mule teams, usually consisting of eighteen mules, hauled 20,000,000 tons of borax.
• Horses moved an entire village of fifty-five houses a half mile to its new location in 1897.
• Most of the Rough Riders walked.
• Horses played a vital role in the lifeboat system that saved people from shipwrecks.
• Horses were instrumental in developing the antitoxin for diphtheria.
• Seven and eleven-year-old brothers rode alone from New York to California in 62 days.
• A “psychic” mare helped searchers locate two missing boys in 1952 and 1955.

In Horsestory Volume II: Longhorns to Lady Wonder, you’ll not only find the stories listed above but many more—sixty-two chapters of incredible ways horses collaborated with humans to achieve amazing things.

Check out Horseography USA. It's a natural complement to the Horsestory series.

* If you're using Horsestory with a homeschool co-op or Christian school, please purchase one copy of the book per family. Contact me if you'd like a discount for copies of ten or more.

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Paperback, 8.5x11, 306 pages with b&w illustrations

ISBN: ‎ 978-1733391252

Age range: ‎ 12 to adult (there isn't anything objectionable in the content, this is just an estimate based on reading ability and interest level)

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• Horsestory Volume I Book
• Horsestory Volume III Book
• Horsestory Series Overview

1. Cowboys and Longhorns
2. President Arrested For Speeding
3. Blind Tom
4. Fire Horses
5. Wonder Horses
6. Ten-Foot Cops
7. The Great Epizootic
8. Flood Warnings
9. Aristides
10. Sleepy Tom
11. Comanche
12. Black Beauty
13. Animal Welfare
14. First Equine Movie Star
15. Tom Bass
16. Buffalo Bill
17. Twenty Mule Teams
18. Riding For Ladies
19. Bucking Horses
20. Beautiful Jim Key
21. Clever Hans
22. Talking Horses of Elberfeld
23. Captain
24. The Great Cowboy Race
25. The Great Horse Manure Crisis
26. Horse vs. Bike
27. Rural Free Delivery
28. Equine Moving Company
29. Rough Riders Or Rough Walkers?
30. Rodney
31. Lifeboat Horses

32. Horse Fountains
33. The First Cowgirl
34. Horses, Dogs, And Diphtheria
35. Black Jockeys
36. Wink
37. The Midnight Ride To The Presidency
38. The Roosevelts Are Horse People
39. Horses And Bears
40. Banquet On Horseback
41. Horse Correspondence School
42. Polar Ponies
43. The Abernathy Brothers
44. White House Stable Wrecker
45. Two-Gun Nan
46. The Girl from Wyoming
47. Riding For Women’s Suffrage
48. Riding To Every Capital
49. The Great War
50. Warrior And His General
51. Simpson And Murphy
52. Notable WWI Animals
53. Wartime Horse Rescues
54. Army Remount
55. Exterminator
56. Grand Canyon Mules
57. Sir Barton
58. Man o' War
59. Automobiles Pass Horses
60. Silent Cal's Hobby Horse
61. Diving Horses
62. Lady Wonder