Mustangs: Wild Horses of the West »

Marie-Luce Hubert and Jean-Louis Klein are professional photographers who share a passion for animals and wild places. Using their combined experience in biology, animal behavior, ornithology and forestry, they have written and illustrated more than 30 books.

A portrait of mustang horses in the American west: The authors lived with mustangs for five years and photographed every stage of their life. The book includes a detailed history on their origin and evolution, their impact and relationship with humans.

• The First Horses
• The Return to Ancestral Lands
• The Horse in Native American Culture
• What Is a Mustang?
• The Spanish Mustang

• Habitat
• The Harem
• Mares
• The Harem Stallion
• From Bruises to Battle Scars: The Amazing Resilience of Horses
• Foals
• Becoming a Stallion: A Turbulent Adolescence
• Chippewa's First Day
• The Story of Little Gray
• The Black Jacket Gang
• The Times and Trials of a Maturing Stallion

• The Colors of Land and Sun
• The Horse and its Environment
• Daily Activities
• Mating Season
• Mortality and Predation
• Sounds and Cries
• A Summer Day
• A Winter Day
• At the Heart of a Blizzard

• Mustangs in Danger
• Misery at the Hands of Humans
• The Roundup
• Wild Horses Around the World

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