The Horse of the Americas

Over the years copies of The Horse of the Americas have become exceedingly rare. In response to many requests the book is here returned to print in a new and revised edition. It is the most comprehensive account available of the arrival, spread, and development of the horse in the New World. From the time Columbus planted the seed stock in the West Indies, through the period of the conquest of both North and South America, to the development of the cow horse in the late nineteenth century and the modern western breeds, Robert M. Denhardt tells the story of the horse and the animal's influence on the history of the Americas.