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A discarded painting in a junk pile a skeleton in an attic and the greatest racehorse in American history
I loved this book so much ANN PATCHETT
Brilliantly varied and with a galloping pace MAIL ON SUNDAY
A masterpiece JANE SMILEY
Thrilling NEW YORK TIMES
Kentucky 1850 An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to recordsetting victories across the South When the nation erupts in civil war an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union On a perilous night he reunites with the stallion and his groom very far from the glamour of any racetrack
Washington DC 2019 Jess a Smithsonian scientist from Australia and Theo a NigerianAmerican art historian find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse one studying the stallions bones for clues to his power and endurance the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success
Based on the remarkable true story of the recordbreaking thoroughbred Lexington who became Americas greatest stud sire Horse is an original gripping multilayered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America
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