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1) The last diving horse in America: rescuing Gamal and other animals -- lessons in living and loving
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse, and changing times,...
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