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Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World
"Beautiful Jim Key, the educated horse," a contemporary pamphlet declared, could read, write, spell, count, change money, use a cash register, play the organ, tell time, and pick out colors. And all without thumbs. The horse spent nine years beginning in 1897 performing in expositions and world fairs to wildly receptive crowds. His trainer and best friend was Dr. William Key, a self-taught veterinarian, former slave, Civil War veteran, and entrepreneur, who shunned all force in training his horses and relied instead on kindness and patience.
xvi, 334 p., [16] p. of plates 2005
Adult Nonfiction Book 179.3 R
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