The Last Diving Horse in America: Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals--Lessons in Living and Loving

by Cynthia Branigan

Book Overview

The inspiring story of the rescue of the last diving horse in America, and how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other.

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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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101871954
• ISBN13: 9781101871959
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"