Wonder horse :

McCully, Emily Arnold

Wonder horse : The true story of the world's smartest horse / by Emily Arnold McCully. - New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2010. - 28 p.

A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.

978-0-8050-8793-2


Key, Bill, 1833-1909--Juvenile Fiction
Horses--Training
African Americans--Fiction