In 1950, Velma Johnston was a thirty-eight-year-old secretary
enroute to work near Reno, Nevada, when she came upon a truck of
battered wild horses that had been rounded up and were to be
slaughtered for pet food. Shocked and angered by this gruesome
discovery, she vowed to find a way to stop the cruel round-ups, a
resolution that led to a life-long battle that would pit her
against ranchers and powerful politicians--but eventually win her
support and admiration around the world. This is the first
biography to tell her courageous true story..
Like Dian Fossey, Jane Goodall, or Temple Grandin, Velma
Johnston dedicated her life to public awareness and protection of
animals. "Wild Horse Annie""and the Last of the Mustangs" follows
Velma from her childhood, in which she was disfigured by polio, to
her dangerous vigilante-style missions to free captured horses and
document round-ups, through the innovative and exhaustive
grassroots campaign which earned her the nickname "Wild Horse
Annie" and led to Congress passing the "Wild Horse Annie Bill," to
her friendship with renowned children's author and horse-lover
Marguerite Henry..
A powerful combination of adventure, history, and biography,
"Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Mustangs" beautifully
captures the romance and magic of wild horses and the character of
the strong-willed woman who made their survival her legacy. .
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