iNdiaN Horse: a NoveL

Named a “best Novel of the decade” by Literary Hub

by: richard wagamese

saul indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping ojibway youth. but when winter approaches, saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother—and then his home itself.

Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. Rising at dawn to practice alone, Saul proves determined and undeniably gifted. His intuition and vision are unmatched. His speed is remarkable. Together they open doors for him: away from the school, into an all-Ojibway amateur circuit, and finally within grasp of a professional career. Yet as Saul’s victories mount, so do the indignities and the taunts, the racism and the hatred—the harshness of a world that will never welcome him, tied inexorably to the sport he loves.

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Horse: a NoveL

by: Geraldine brooks

a discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in american history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across american history

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to recordsetting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.

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