The Spanish Riding School
Author : Hans Handler
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 13,27 MB
Release : 1972
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ISBN : 9780070259843
Author : Hans Handler
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 13,27 MB
Release : 1972
Category :
ISBN : 9780070259843
Author : Elizabeth Letts
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0345544803
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR RESEARCH NONFICTION In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed the perfect military machine—an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army’s last great cavalrymen, Colonel Hank Reed, makes a bold decision—with General George Patton’s blessing—to mount a covert rescue operation. Racing against time, Reed’s small but determined force of soldiers, aided by several turncoat Germans, steals across enemy lines in a last-ditch effort to save the horses. Pulling together this multistranded story, Elizabeth Letts introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters: Alois Podhajsky, director of the famed Spanish Riding School of Vienna, a former Olympic medalist who is forced to flee the bomb-ravaged Austrian capital with his entire stable in tow; Gustav Rau, Hitler’s imperious chief of horse breeding, a proponent of eugenics who dreams of genetically engineering the perfect warhorse for Germany; and Tom Stewart, a senator’s son who makes a daring moonlight ride on a white stallion to secure the farm’s surrender. A compelling account for animal lovers and World War II buffs alike, The Perfect Horse tells for the first time the full story of these events. Elizabeth Letts’s exhilarating tale of behind-enemy-lines adventure, courage, and sacrifice brings to life one of the most inspiring chapters in the annals of human valor. Praise for The Perfect Horse “Winningly readable . . . Letts captures both the personalities and the stakes of this daring mission with such a sharp ear for drama that the whole second half of the book reads like a WWII thriller dreamed up by Alan Furst or Len Deighton. . . . The right director could make a Hollywood classic out of this fairy tale.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Letts, a lifelong equestrienne, eloquently brings together the many facets of this unlikely, poignant story underscoring the love and respect of man for horses.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Mathilde Windisch-Graetz
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Horses
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Author : Mathilde Windisch-Graetz (Prinzessin.)
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 14,81 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Horsemanship
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Author : Mathilde Windisch-Graetz (Prinzessin.)
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Horses
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Author : Werner Helmberger
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,86 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Horsemanship
ISBN : 9788437809496
Author : Decarpentry (général, Albert-Eugène-Edouard)
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Horses
ISBN :
Author : Marian Mazdra
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780836831153
Provides an overview of the geography, history, government, people, arts, foods, and other aspects of life in Austria.
Author : Julie Whitaker
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,88 MB
Release : 2007-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780312371081
Looks at every aspect of the horse, discussing its evolution, biology, history, characteristics, behavior, and relationship with humankind in the areas of work, sport, and leisure, providing essential facts, trivia, and lore.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Austria
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