Little Horse Of Iron

Part history, part memoir, this tale of Canada’s heritage horse is a moving odyssey into the past — and one man’s heart. Saving what’s left of our history often falls to a passionate few. This is the case with a group of horse breeders who have pledged to re-establish Canada’s heritage horse, aptly called the Canadian — a breed descended from the Norman horses that took European knights into battle. Habitants of old Quebec called this uncommonly strong breed le petit cheval de fer — the little horse of iron — and in many ways the tumultuous story of this horse mirrors the history of Canada. Little Horse of Iron tells the story of one man and his horse. At the age of 50, Lawrence Scanlan bought his first horse — a Canadian called Saroma Dark Fox Dali. A spirited and untrained young Canadian gelding, Dali taught Scanlan a great deal about patience, fear and courage. Always candid and often amusing, the year-long diary of their relationship deftly explores the joys and sorrows as both horse and human struggle to trust and understand each other. Along the way, we meet the people who prize the Canadian horse’s unparalleled contributions over three centuries — on the family farm, on the battlefield, on the race track and in the show ring. Marvellously detailed and rich in character, Little Horse of Iron is a heart-warming celebration of one horse, and of his breed — Canada’s own.

Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Little Iron Horse Chapter 2 Characteristics Chapter 3 Horse Fun Facts! Conclusion Nature's Amazing Wonders Author Bio Introduction *** Canadian Horse: The Canadian horse is a very special horse that comes from Canada. They descend from draft and light riding horses and have beautiful colors like black, bay, brown and chestnut. It is a very sturdy horse. What does “sturdy” mean? Vocabulary.com says “sturdy” means: firm, steady and tough. So this horse is strong and can do lots of hard work. Do you remember what draft horses are? A draft horse. This is a horse that “draws” or “hauls” something. It is also called a work horse or heavy horse, because it works hard and pulls heavy loads. However, these types of horses are usually strong, gentle, easy to work with and very patient.

The Iron Horse is a vivid and darkly comic tale about a girl growing up in gritty working-class New England. Horse-crazy Sunny Quinn spends her childhood toiling long hours in relentless pursuit of entry into the elite world of competitive Saddleseat Equitation. Her weight, her lack of money, her crushing shyness and her tyrannical stepfather all contribute to Sunnys spectacular failure, with harrowing and far-reaching consequences. The story takes the reader on a wild ride through the depths of addiction, crime, sacrifice and suffering set against the backdrop of scorching first love. Filled with memorable characters and encompassing the timely themes of determination and endurance, The Iron Horse is ultimately a story about the lies we tell ourselves, and the twisted road to redemption.

Set in the 1870s, Hunkpapa Sioux is a coming-of-age story of a multiracial teen in search of learning more about his Sioux heritage. Ever since his father died, John Holcumb has felt out of place living in Chicago. Yearning to learn more about his Sioux heritage, he boards a train and heads off to meet his Native American relatives. When John meets a rugged mountain man heading the same way, the unlikely duo form a friendship and travel together across the Great Plains in an adventure that will help John not only discover who he is, but reconnect with his past.

Bounty hunter Iron Eyes is heading south to Mexico in search of outlaws Bodine and Walters, but is himself being hunted down by his erstwhile sweetheart Squirrel Sally. Then Iron Eyes learns that Sally has been kidnapped by landowner Don Jose Fernandez, and rushes to her aid. But Sally, Iron Eyes and the outlaws are all just pawns in a much larger game, with an enemy more deadly than they can imagine, and Iron Eyes has to use all his courage and skill to survive.

Reproduction of the original: The Iron Horse by R.M Ballantyne