![]() It is told by Winston Churchill's great heroic friend, Jack Seely, about the thoroughbred horse he took to France in 1914 surviving five years of bombs and bullets to lead a cavalry charge in 1918 before returning home where they rode on together until 1938, their combined ages (70+30) totalling 100. "My Horse Warrior", first published in 1934 is equally wondrous fact. December 2011 saw the premier of Steven Spielberg's film of Michael Morpurgo's "War Horse", which is the most popular piece of fiction ever written about horses in war. The unclipped dust wrapper is also in mint condition. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. Introduced by Brough Scott Illustrated Sir Alfred Munnings. WARRIOR The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. ![]() It includes the original illustrations which equine and war artist Sir Alfred Munnings drew especially for Jack Seely both during the war and at home afterwards. This new edition, My Horse Warrior: The Original War Horse is introduced by Jack Seely's grandson Brough Scott, a well-known broadcaster and journalist. ![]() The book tells the whole history of Warrior from his birth in an Isle of Wight field, to his amazing life as a famous war horse and how a combination of both the horse's extraordinary character and some unbelievable twists of fate, helped him survive a war which claimed the lives of 8 million horses. My Horse Warrior, first published in 1934 is equally wondrous fact. December 2011 sees the premier of Steven Spielberg's much anticipated film, War Horse, which is the most popular piece of fiction ever written about horses in war. ![]()
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