Fountaindale Public Library

Horse, Geraldine Brooks

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Horse

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Geraldine Brooks

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant 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. New York City, 1954. A gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. A Smithsonian scientist from Australia and a Nigerian American art historian find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse - one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his speed and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success

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