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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978- author.     Subjects     Firouz, Louise.     Horsemen and horsewomen -- Middle East -- History.     Caspian horse -- Middle East -- History.     Women soldiers -- Middle East -- History.     War horses -- Middle East.     War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Cavalry operations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978- author.       by title:      Book of queens : the...         MARC Display

Book of queens : the true story of the Middle Eastern horsewomen who fought the War on Terror / Pardis Mahdavi. by Mahdavi, Pardis, 1978- author. New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2023. Subjects Firouz, Louise.   Horsemen and horsewomen -- Middle East -- History.   Caspian horse -- Middle East -- History.   Women soldiers -- Middle East -- History.   War horses -- Middle East.   War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Cavalry operations. ISBN:  9780306832130 (hardcover) : 0306832135 hardcover Description:  xiv, 285 pages ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Book of Queens reaches back centuries to the Persian Empire and a woman disguised as a man, facing an invading army, protected only by light armor and the stallion she sat astride. Mahdavi draws a thread from past to present: from her fearless Iranian grandmother, who guided survivors of domestic violence to independent mountain colonies in Afghanistan where the women, led by a general named Mina, became their country's first line of defense from marauding warlords. To the female warriors who helped train and breed the horses used by US Green Berets when they touched down in October 2001, with a mission but insufficient intelligence on the ground-women whose contributions were then forgotten. Pardis Mahdavi chases the legacy of Caspian horses and the women whose lives are saved by them, drawing on decades of research, newly-discovered diaries, and exclusive military sources. Among those intersecting stories is that of American Louise Firouz, who helped bring the breed back from the brink of extinction, connecting Virginia traders to British royals to the son of the Shah. Firouz's life is forever changed when she meets Mahdavi's own family, who run an unusual smuggling operation in addition to raising horses in a wild bid for freedom. Book of Queens is an epic tale of hidden women whose communal knowledge was instrumental in saving an animal as ancient as civilization, and who were the genesis of their own liberation"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult New Books 636.11095 Ma Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 636.11095 Ma Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Fiction 636.11095 Mahdavi Checked out 05/17/2024 Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 636.11095 Mahdavi Transit   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult New Books 636.11095 Ma Checked out 05/14/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 636.11095 Ma Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Lanai P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 636.11095 Ma Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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