The Man Who Was a Horse
Story Stats
Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 14
Appeared in
Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History
Story Summary
Bob Lemmons grew up a slave on a Texas ranch and knew just about everything there was to know about horses. When 1865 tolled freedom, he just kept doing what he had always done, rounding up herds of wild mustangs single handed.