Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Author at Valley News

A farmer in Iowa still used draft horses to work his property last year, but such scenes are increasingly rare in the United States. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

Horses Shaped the Modern World, but Now Their Era Has Ended

by Melissa Holbrook Pierson The Washington PostFebruary 23, 2018

Farewell to the HorseBy Ulrich Raulff. Translated from the German by Ruth Ahmedzai KempLiveright; 449 pages; $35One animal was so decisive in shaping human history that the eminent historian Reinhart Koselleck proposed it as the sole organizing…

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Horses Shaped the Modern World, but Now Their Era Has Ended

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