The Silver Brumby (Essential Modern Classics)

图书信息

作者	Elyne Mitchell
出版社	HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
ISBN	9780007508136
出版时间	2013-03-07
字数	24.6万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

“The Silver Brumby took me cantering into the world’s wilder places.” – Geraldine McCaughrean A silver brumby is a rare and special creature, prized both by other horses and by men… A silver brumby is special, but he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both. Thowra, the magnificent silver stallion, becomes king of the brumbies. But he must defend his herd from the mighty horse, The Brolga, in the most savage of struggles. That is not the only danger. Thowra needs all his speed and cunning to save his herd from capture by man. In a desperate chase through the mountains, it seems there is no longer anywhere for him to run to…

目录

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

1: Born in the Wild Wind

2: Yarraman’s Herd

3: Leading the Foals a Dance

4: Brumby Drive

5: Man, the Invader

6: Invisible in Snow

7: Seeking Grass

8: New Wisdom

9: Fight to the Death

10: Man on a Black Horse

11: A Time to Race with the Wind

12: The Coming of Spring

13: Legends of Thowra

14: Swift Arrow

15: Golden the Beautiful

16: Challenge and Escape

17: Thowra in Flight

18: Horse Hunt: Man Hunt

19: Now Golden was the Prize

20: Thowra Searched All Day

21: King of the Cascades

22: Black Man: Shod Horse

23: The Leap from the Cliff

Glossary

Postscript

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher