Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals, Women, a Passion. By Melissa Holbrook Pierson
The poor horse. Not only have we abused his stoic power and gravely misunderstood his gentle spirit,but even those writers who revere him have all too often failed him by churning out syrupy, superficial accounts of the bond between a girl and her horse. Yet in Dark Horses and Black Beauties, Melissa Holbrook Pierson boldly grabs hold of