| Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West Contributor(s): Stillman, Deanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 054723791X ISBN-13: 9780547237916 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: This epic story offers a sweeping tale of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Horses - History | United States - 20th Century - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 599.665 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old frontier, its iconic status in Buffalo Bill shows and early westerns, and its plight today as it makes its last stand on the vanishing range. With the Bureau of Land Management proposing to euthanize thousands of horses and ever-encroaching development threatening the land, the mustang's position has never been more perilous. But as Stillman reveals, the horses are still running wild despite all the obstacles, with spirit unbroken. Like the best nonfiction writers of our time (Jon Krakauer and Bruce Chatwin come to mind), Stillman's prose is inviting, her voice authoritative, and her vision imaginative and impressively broad. (Pam Houston, Los Angeles Times) |
Contributor Bio(s): Stillman, Deanne: - DEANNE STILLMAN is the author of Twentynine Palms, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and one of its Best Books of 2001. Hunter Thompson called it "a strange and brilliant story by an important American writer." Her work appears in various publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and Slate. She lives in Los Angeles. |