Re: [IceHorses] The Bearing Rein

2007-07-03 Thread Virginia Tupper
On 7/3/07, Laree Shulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/3/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > About Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty: - for me it was "Lad, A Dog" by Albert Payson > Terhune. > -- I loved Black Beauty, and another book about a dog called 'Beautiful Joe' (forget t

Re: [IceHorses] The Bearing Rein

2007-07-03 Thread Nancy Sturm
I think I read Black Beauty once and saw part of the movie. It was so upsetting to me as a young girl that it makes my eyes tear even today. Ultimately, a very effective piece of writing. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] The Bearing Rein

2007-07-03 Thread Laree Shulman
On 7/3/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty: > This is the book that really hooked my daughter into being a life long avid reader - for me it was "Lad, A Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. -- Laree

[IceHorses] The Bearing Rein

2007-07-03 Thread Judy Ryder
About Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty: There can be few people who have not heard of Anna Sewell’s book Black Beauty, even in our twenty-first century nuclear age. Many, though, may consider the work to be sentimental Victorian slush. But if that is the case, why does it live on? Black Beau