The Story of Red Eye: The Miracle Horse of Gettysburg

by Robert J. Trout

Overview

Red Eye was never supposed to be like most other horses. The boy who helped raise and train him to race knew that Red Eye could have been a champion many times over. But war came, and Red Eye could not escape it. Like other horses, he suffered through the heat, the rain, and the snow; marched for hours over rough roads or struggled through muddy tracks; went without food and water; and worse. The boy, who had grown up and gone to war, too, found Red Eye wounded and scared but could not help him and had to leave him in the care of a young girl. She came to love Red Eye as the boy had. When danger threatened her family, she asked Red Eye to do the impossible and he gave her everything he had. No one who met Red Eye ever was the same. All of them came to love him. But more, his courage and strength changed them. Their lives were better for knowing him.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016585116
Publisher:	Paths of History Publishers
Publication date:	05/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	470 KB

About the Author

A teacher and prominent historian for over forty years, Robert J. Trout has dedicated his life to illuminating the history of the Civil War. He is considered one of the leading experts on Southern cavalry. For fourteen years he portrayed Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in a living history group, which led to the publication of his first book "They Followed the Plume: The Story of J. E. B. Stuart and His Staff". He has authored seven other books, including the definitive work on Stuart�s Horse Artillery, entitled "Galloping Thunder: The Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion". "The Story of Red Eye: The Miracle Horse of Gettysburg" is his second work of fiction.