A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Carver

  •
1 1

A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Carver

Checking stock...
Checking stock...
Proud to be B-Corp

Our business meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. In short, we care about people and the planet.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free delivery in Australia
  • Supporting authors with AuthorSHARE
  • 100% recyclable packaging
  • Proud to be a B Corp – A Business for good

A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Carver

2011 Reprint edition of 1961. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Sonora Carver was an American entertainer, most notable as one of the first female horse divers. Carver answered an ad placed by Doc William Frank Carver in 1923 for a diving girl and soon earned a place in circus history. Her job was to mount a running horse as it reached the top of a forty-foot (sometimes sixty-foot) tower and sail down along the animal's back as it plunged into a deep pool of water directly below. Sonora was a sensation and soon became the lead diving girl for Doc Carver's act as they traveled the country. In 1931, Sonora was blinded, a retinal detachment, due to hitting the water off-balance with her eyes open.while diving her horse, Red Lips, on New Jersey's Steel Pier, the act's permanent home since 1929. After her accident Sonora continued to dive horses until 1942.

You might also like

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781891396724
ISBN 10 1891396722
Title A Girl and Five Brave Horses
Author Sonora Carver
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Martino Fine Books
Year published 2011-02-01
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.