Horse
How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations
Full of wisdom, passion and wonder, Horse is the utterly fascinating and enlightening story of horses and humans from the beginning of time to the present.
Ever since the dawn of human history, horses have held a mystical sway over our imagination: we respect and revere them like no other animal. We have conceived of them as both domesticated and free, both belonging to our civilization and to the wild. At first, ours was an encounter of death, as prehistoric humans hunted horses all across the steppes of Asia, and throughout Europe. But they also painted horses full of grace and beauty on the walls of their caves, and gave them a central place in their songs and sacred rituals. Long…
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August 14, 2007J. EDWARD CHAMBERLIN’S renowned book If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? Finding Common Ground was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize and for the Pearson Writers’ Trust Award. He worked on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry; was Senior Research Associate with the Royal Commissionon Aboriginal Peoples; has worked extensively on Aboriginal land claims in Canada, the United States, South Africa and Australia; and has lectured widely on literary, historical and cultural issues. His other books include The Harrowing of Eden: White Attitudes Towards Native Americans;Come Back To Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies; and Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations. He is University Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, an Officer…
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Horse
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