The Last Diving Horse in America: Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals--Lessons in Living and Loving

by Cynthia Branigan

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The rescue of the last diving horse in America and the inspiring story of how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other—from the award-winning animal rescuer of retired racing greyhounds and author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound
 
It was the signature of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier in the golden age of “America’s Favorite Playground”: Doc Carver’s High Diving Horses. Beginning in 1929, four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp, a diving girl in a bathing suit and helmet jumped onto...Read more
  • ISBN10 1101871954
  • ISBN13 9781101871959
  • Publish Date 19 October 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Pantheon