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Borderland Horse
Kaleb leaves his farm to search for Jayhawk, the family's quarterhorse, who ran away during the mayhem created by Frank James's looting spree.
88 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
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Did Not Finish
March 15, 2026DNF
I gave up at page 10 or 12, when the horse Jayhawk is described as a Quarter Horse. This story is set in the Civil War. The name Quarter Horse wasn't used until decades later. He may have been called a Quarter Pather, a short horse (as in short distances, not short in size), a Steel Dust/ Steelduster (after a popular stallion, whether or not he was actually related to Steel Dust) or even a race horse -- but not a Quarter Horse.
No stars for a major historical inaccuracy in a historical book.
I gave up at page 10 or 12, when the horse Jayhawk is described as a Quarter Horse. This story is set in the Civil War. The name Quarter Horse wasn't used until decades later. He may have been called a Quarter Pather, a short horse (as in short distances, not short in size), a Steel Dust/ Steelduster (after a popular stallion, whether or not he was actually related to Steel Dust) or even a race horse -- but not a Quarter Horse.
No stars for a major historical inaccuracy in a historical book.
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