From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito , the incredible story of how the horse shaped human History Timothy C.
To know the horse is to understand the world..
Driven by fascinating revelations and fast-paced storytelling, The Horse is a riveting narrative of this noble animal\'s unrivaled and enduring reign across human history.
From the thundering cavalry charges of Alexander the Great to the streets of New York during the Great Manure Crisis of 1894 and beyond, horses have shaped both the grand arc of History and our everyday lives.
Horses even inspired architecture, invention, furniture, and fashion.
And they were vectors of lethal disease and contributed to lifesaving medical innovations.
They decided the destinies of conquerors and empires.
They determined international borders, molded cultures, fueled economies, and built global superpowers.
They fundamentally reshaped the human genome and the world\'s linguistic map.
Horses revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped, and interacted.
And we still live among its Galloping shadows.
Possessing a unique combination of size, speed, strength, and stamina, the horse dominated every facet of human life and shaped the very scope of human ambition.
For millennia it was the primary mode of transportation, an essential farming machine, a steadfast companion, and a formidable weapon of war.
Since that pivotal day, the horse has carried the History of civilizations on its powerful back.
Its story begins more than 5,500 years ago on the windswept grasslands of the Eurasian Steppe; when one human tamed one horse, an unbreakable bond was forged and the future of Humanity was instantly rewritten, placing the reins of destiny firmly in human hands.
Winegard\'s The Horse is an epic History unlike any other.
From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito , the incredible story of how the horse shaped human History Timothy C
