Central Kansas Library System

When Hench Hightower rode into town with his half-dead herd of mustangs, Darby had no stomach for what he saw. It was time to end a vicious cattle baron's control of the Nevada range...time to end the murder of the mustangs.

A young mustang is separated from its mother when a plane sweeps over the canyon and the horses run from the noise.

A fictional retelling, from the point of view of Annie Bronn Johnston, of how this Nevada woman fought to protect the American wild horse, the mustang, from extinction because of professional killers who chased the horses for use in dog food.

""Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" focuses on a particularly spirited horse who undergoes a series of intense adventures in the American West of the 1800s. The realistic portrayal of the horses sets it apart from most animated stories in which horses are major characters. Though his thoughts are heard in voice overs, Spirit never speaks; he merely communicates through realistic gestures. Starting out as a wild stallion leading his herd across the...