From the first gawky little eohippus of 50 million years ago to his thoroughbred descendants of today, here is a book about all kinds of horseswhether thundering into battle beneath an armor clad knight, prancing before carriages, plodding around cornfields pulling plows, or racing for kings, they spring to life on every page.
Back in the days of the lumberjack and river drive, supplies and equipment were moved up Maines most remote river by towboats - large, wooden barge-like vessels - which were towed upriver by horses or oxen on the shore.