Pre-Owned The Perfect Horse : The Daring Rescue of Horses Kidnapped During World War II (Hardcover) 9780525644743

from ladycato

I received this early copy through the publisher via NetGalley. I was horse-obsessed as a kid. I was able to see Lipizzaners on tour once when I was 11, and it was incredible. Of course, I had read a great deal about the horses and their airs above the ground. Years and years ago, I saw the old D...

from EllsbethB

This is a story I wanted to know more about ever since I was a kid and saw the Lipizzaners perform a few times. This book is really interesting, especially the first third of it. It was also fascinating to learn more about Polish Arabians and their own plight. (I'm still thinking a lot about the ...

from hardlyhardy

If you attend a performance by the Lippizzan stallions, as I have on at least three occasions, you are likely to hear a story about how Gen. George Patton saved these horses at the close of World War II. The whole dramatic story, in which Patton played a small but important part, is told in “The ...

from maggie1944

I just finished reading The Perfect Horse which I enjoyed very much. It follows some well pedigreed horses through the end of WWII until a gutsy group of American GIs "rescued" them from the on coming Russians, who were rumored to be hungry and cared little about pedigrees. The famous white Lipiz...

from Topazshell

The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts is about a beautiful horses and an ugly time. It's a time when men like German, Gustav Rau, and others of the Third Reich see the value only in the pure breed of a horse and the purity of the German, Aryan blood. There are kind hearted men like Alois Podhajsky...