A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
year: 2010, 2012
call number/section: 179.3, 179, 1000, 636.1
subjects: key, bill, 1833-1909, fiction, horses, training, fiction, african americans, historical fiction
Editions
McCully, Emily Arnold
Henry Holt (2010)
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
Schools: 23
McCully, Emily Arnold
Scholastic, Inc. (2012)
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
Schools: 15