Mustang
Wild Spirit of the West
New York : Aladdin, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: Aladdin hardcover edition.
Description: 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A fictional retelling, from the point of view of Annie Bronn Johnston, of how this Nevada woman fought to protect the American wild horse, the mustang, from extinction because of professional killers who chased the horses for use in dog food.
Contents:
Saved by a mustang -- Pa's pardner -- Every bad has a good -- Trapped! -- "To lazy heart ranch" -- It takes a smart mustang -- Operation rescue -- Our small happy world -- More dead than alive -- Mice and mustangs -- The scales tip even -- The new challenge -- The mustang Bill -- Failure at Fernley -- "Wild horse Annie" -- Stockings hung by the fire -- At Black Rock Desert -- Found--a champion -- The power of children -- A growing storm -- No compromise! -- A call from Washington -- In the witness seat -- "We the people -- Roaming free.
Subjects:
Johnston, Annie Bronn -- Juvenile fiction.
Mustang -- Juvenile fiction.
Horses -- Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile fiction.
Illustrated books -- Juvenile fiction.
Johnston, Annie Bronn -- Juvenile fiction.
Mustang -- Juvenile fiction.
Horses -- Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile fiction.
Illustrated books -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 840L
ISBN:
9781481452229
Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 7.0 10581.