McCully, Emily Arnold.

Wonder horse / Emily Arnold McCully. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt, 2010. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

"The true story of the world's smartest horse"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.

A Junior Library Guild selection

9780545417211 (hc : alk. paper) 0805087931 (hc : alk. paper)

2009006208


Key, Bill, 1833-1909 --Juvenile fiction.


Horses--Training--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.M478415 / Wo 2010

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