The Horse Book

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Horses in Greek mythology (Perseus) / Horses in Chinese mythology / Horses in Celtic mythology / Bucephalus, horses of Alexander the Great / Incitatus, Roman Emperor Caligula's horse. Made consul. / Dhuljanah, the horse of Husayn ibn Ali (early Middle Ages) / Veillantif (Roland's horse in the 'Song of Roland', also see Tencendur, horse of Charlemagne in same poem) / Babeica, El Cid's horse / Horses in Arthurian legends (also the fabliau of Favel) / The horse and the Mongol empire / The introduction and development of the horse in the Americas / Horses in the Napoleonic wars: esp. Marengo (Napoleon) and Copenhagen (Wellington) / Horses in the U.S. Civil War, e.g. Cincinnati (Grant), Traveller (Lee), Little Sorrel (Jackson) / Horses in WWI (Also World War I poetry on horses, e.g. 'The horse that died for me') / Historic care of horses (grooming, stabling, feeding) / Veterinary medicine in history (mentioning actually treatment, such as bleeding, and recipes) / Performing and 'talking' horse (e.g. Maracco the 17th c 'dancing' horses, late 19th 'mathematician' horses) / Famous racehorses (Phar lap, Seabiscuit, etc.) / The Pony Express / Horses in TV and movies (e.g. Mr Ed, Trigger) / Horses in literature, Anne Sewell's Black Beauty. Don Quixote's Rocinante, Bayard (Rinaldo's magic horse), etc.