"A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century. Includes afterword and author's sources"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2016
call number/section: 920, 92, 179, 1000, 921, 306.3
subjects: key, bill, 1833-1909, juvenile literature, horse trainers, united states, juvenile literature, beautiful jim key (horse), humane education, history, horses, human-animal communication, human-animal relationships, moral education, biography, animal communication, human-animal relationship, biographies