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The true WWII story of European horses, among them Thoroughbreds and the amazing Lipizzaners, taken as war prisoners -no other word for it ;) .
The book is written in 4 parts, explaining the horses, the caretakers, The U.S. Army, how the U.S. became involved and an explanation near the ending of where/how they all ended up. It was engrossing, the kind of book I could not put down, This, I might add, was a story I knew nothing about.
It is so sad to realize that we all feel the hurt and loss of humans during war time, and yet how many of us stop to think about what happens to the animals? The sadness of this just ripped me apart. It was a fluke, truly, that the men who rescued these horses were where they were at the time when the horses were near being overtaken by opposing armies.
[author:Elizabeth Letts|568672] research was deep and spot on-I loved this book and highly recommend it.
The book is written in 4 parts, explaining the horses, the caretakers, The U.S. Army, how the U.S. became involved and an explanation near the ending of where/how they all ended up. It was engrossing, the kind of book I could not put down, This, I might add, was a story I knew nothing about.
It is so sad to realize that we all feel the hurt and loss of humans during war time, and yet how many of us stop to think about what happens to the animals? The sadness of this just ripped me apart. It was a fluke, truly, that the men who rescued these horses were where they were at the time when the horses were near being overtaken by opposing armies.
[author:Elizabeth Letts|568672] research was deep and spot on-I loved this book and highly recommend it.