THE DAY OF THE HORSE written and illustrated by Bernard Garbutt

The Day of the Horse
written and illustrated by Bernard Garbutt

A nostalgic look at American streets before automobiles replaced the horses. Garbutt combines his skill as an artist and his lifelong love of horses to portrait a time when horses and men shared a working companionship.
Garbutt grew up during this transitional period and was a first hand observer of the last days of the horse before the proliferation of the automobile

Garbutt, horse lover and accomplished artist worked for the Disney  Studios and also taught animal animation

Hard cover book in very good condition, with a good dust jacket. Copyright 1976, illustrated with pencil sketch art and color frontispiece, 81 pages