{"product_id":"dorothy-brooke-and-the-fight-to-save-cairos-lost-war-horses-hardcover","title":"Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrant Hayter-Menzies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMonty Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in June 1883 to an aristocratic Scottish family, Dorothy Gibson-Craig was brought up with dogs and horses. In 1926 she married Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Brooke, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in World War I and a writer on equine culture. She followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of malnourished and suffering former British war horses leading lives of backbreaking toil and misery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned like used equipment too costly to send home. In \u003ci\u003eDorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses\u003c\/i\u003e Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in Brooke's Old War Horse Memorial Hospital, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys, and mules across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author, Grant Hayter-Menzies, is making a donation of 20% of the royalties from the book to The Brooke Hospital for Animals and 20% of the royalties to its affiliate in Egypt, Brooke Hospital for Animals (Egypt). Neither the author or the publisher receives any payment from Brooke or any other party in connection with sales of this book.The Brooke Hospital for Animals is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 1085760.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Hayter-Menzies\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eFrom Stray Dog to World War I Hero: The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac Books, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eShadow Woman: The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMonty Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is an American horse trainer and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Listens to Horses: The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer\u003c\/i\u003e and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.9 x 6.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770709999904,"sku":"9781612347691","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31e2b984e33022d11d2e2ce6b0866f7f.webp?v=1780377416","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dorothy-brooke-and-the-fight-to-save-cairos-lost-war-horses-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}