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"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. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting 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. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse - one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America"--

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  • 2 of 87 copies available at Westchester Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 8 copies available at Yonkers Public Library System.

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Yonkers Crestwood Library FIC BROOKS (Text)
New Fiction
31035161632483
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Yonkers Crestwood Library FIC BROOKS (Text)
Fiction
31035162255995
Checked out
04/23/2024
Yonkers Crestwood Library FIC BROOKS (Text)
Fiction
31035162595630
Checked out
05/10/2024
Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library FICTION (Text)
Fiction
31035162620321
Checked out
05/02/2024
Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library FIC Brooks (Text)
Fiction
31035710069393
Checked out
05/02/2024
Yonkers Riverfront Library FIC Brooks (Text)
Fiction
31035600053812
Checked out
05/13/2024
Yonkers Riverfront Library FIC Brooks (Text)
Fiction
31035700051203
Checked out
05/23/2024
Yonkers Riverfront Library FIC Brooks (Text)
Fiction
31035700051211
Checked out
06/19/2024

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