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WarHorseMorpurgo

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  • In the first year of war the countryside was emptied of shire horses and riding ponies, a heartbreaking prospect for farming families who saw their finest and most beloved horses requisitioned by the government.
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      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
       Joey is a farm horse, cared for and loved by Albert, the farmer's son. Joey is a magnificent red bay, one of the finest horses in Britain. World War One suddenly starts, and Albert's father is forced to sell Joey to the army to pay off debts.
  • infantrymen and cavalrymen who took charge of them and helped train them up, all tell their stories
  • either as beasts of burden or as cavalry horses. Some men formed close relationships with the horses, but they could do little to prevent the appallingly high death rate due to exhaustion, shelling and front-line charges.
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      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
       Joey does form close relationships with both humans and horses, but one at a time they are lost in the war. Joey truly aches for Albert and the life he had before the war.
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  • The families who lost them,
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
       Throughout the book, War Horse, Joey switches from owner to owner, including Captain Nicholls, Trooper Warren, an elderly French farmer and his granddaughter, the German artillery and medical unit, and finally, Albert once again. 
  • he horses were so vulnerable to artillery and machine gun fire, and to harsh winter conditions in the front line, that the losses remained appallingly high
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      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
      In War Horse, while trapped in no-man's-land, Joey cuts his leg on rusty barbed wire on contracts tetanus. He is rescued by the Americans, recovers, and finds Albert, but other horses are less fortunate.
  • However, through all the suffering and heartbreak, the close relationship between the men and their horses shone through. They did their best to care for them in the most testing and tragic conditions. Some men became as close to their horses as to their fellow soldiers and their loss was felt as deeply. All had their own names, personalities and histories, never to be forgotten.
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      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
       All of Joey's owners make sure he is well cared for, and Joey grows close to his riders.
  • some of the surviving horses were sold as meat to Belgian butchers, being regarded as unfit for any other purpose. But for the few that returned home there was a joyous welcome and reunion
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 05 Feb 15
       
       In War Horse, Joey is saved from a similar fate, due to a past owner's efforts to save him and bring Joey and Albert home together.
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