Reinventing the American Thoroughbred Mark C. Mattes a new birth of freedom

a new birth of freedom for all Americans

still very current in syndication

Youths could now exert a measure of independence by asserting their rights to marry whom they wished

the reader will know where the religious right went wrong

intense novel SONS AND PRINCES riveted readers with its epic depiction of a man caught between crime and conscience

Reinventing the American Thoroughbred Mark C. Mattes a new birth of freedomMost equine authorities consider Alexander Keene Richards (1827 1881) one of the nineteenth century's most significant Thoroughbred importers and breeders. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and orphaned as a toddler, Richards was adopted by his grandfather, from whom he inherited not only the family farm in Georgetown but also Transylvania, a cotton plantation in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Horses fascinated Richards from an early age, and as his