“I want you to know that history is not what you’ve been told.
You have been asked to pledge allegiance to certain facts…”
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“And most of all history, because when someone is telling you
How you got here, and why, and sometimes when,
Something is at stake, for you hearing, for them telling.”
More than being a collection of poems, Hoofprints by Jessie Haas is a journey through human history told in short evocative sketches of each era.
The poems are of different lengths and structures, moods, style and viewpoint–some are more emotional, others appeal to the senses, or the mind. Each poem ends with the exact dated period it was inspired by, so the reader can relate to the history of each era.
Several lines in the book which seem simply to echo the human condition have been called political, which seems an unhappy response. In my view the book treads honest paths which incidentally travel forgotten roads of human history.
Learning more, we find out history can be different than what we believe.
Introducing a new site on Pinterest which contains artwork from the eras traveled in The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy.
I’d especially like to share a drawing of Pegasus from the ‘Winged Horses’ board … a drawing by talented Lili Pavkovics.
Artistry runs in the Kovács family as well as practical insight: note the nicely balanced wings of Lili’s Pegasus stretch longer than many artists’ conception, modeling closer to a true animal of flight.
Check out some of the astonishing artistic creation the horse has inspired throughout civilization! New pictures will be added as the next phase of the trilogy takes wing …
2012 saw the publication of Into the Dark, the final book of The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy. The 3rd volume concludes with a time-traveling adventure through increasingly modern eras.
The Trilogy in 2012
2012 saw the publication of Into the Dark, the final book of The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy. The 3rd volume concludes with a time-traveling adventure through modern times.
Book #2 of the trilogy, The Golden Spark, won the 2012 Written Arts Awards sponsored by Rebecca’s Reads.
The trilogy continues to find new readers interested in history and/or horses … or just looking for a fun, worthwhile read. There’s a lot coming in 2013:
New book giveaways and contests.
The paperback edition of Into the Dark will be released on June 21, 2013. The ebook editions will be released shortly afterwards.
New creative custom artwork by Canadian artist Marti Adrian Gregory for Book #2: The Golden Spark is scheduled to be released this summer.
The “journey through history” of the trilogy’s Facebook page is moving into the darker–but colorful–era of the Middle Ages after the crumbling of ancient Rome.
The trilogy’s international outreach tour begins in Canada on February 1, 2013.
