Famous Horses and Their People
- ISBN-10
- 0828902313
- ISBN-13
- 9780828902311
- Category
- Horsemen and horsewomen
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975
- Author
- Edna Hoffman Evans
Description
The sight of their leader on his dashing white stud must have given the soldiers additional courage and inspiration . In more recent times , after armies began to use gunpowder and fight with muskets and cannon fire , the leader on a ...
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