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Winner of the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize

"Brooks’ chronological & cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” — The New York Times Book Review
Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race & art.” — TIME

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, & the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, & injustice across American history.

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret & a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion & his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City,...