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The last diving horse in America : rescuing Gamal and other animals -- lessons in living and loving Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The last diving horse in America : rescuing Gamal and other animals -- lessons in living and loving / Cynthia A. Branigan.

Branigan, Cynthia A., (author.).

Summary:

"It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse, and changing times, the act was finally shuttered and the very Last Atlantic City Steel Pier Diving Horse was on the auction block, with the author on a rescue mission. And -- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781638081036
  • ISBN: 1638081034
  • Physical Description: 416 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.

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Regular print version previously published by: Pantheon Books.

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Subject: Thoroughbred horse > New Jersey > Biography.
Horse adoption.
Animal rescue.
Human-animal relationships.
Seaside resorts > New Jersey > Atlantic City > History > 20th century.
Large type books.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

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