Without casting aspersions on the fine authorship of The Life of a Bear: * Black Beauty is a phenomenally well-written book, with fair comparisons to Bronte, H

Without casting aspersions on the fine authorship of The Life of a Bear: * Black Beauty is a phenomenally well-written book, with fair comparisons to Bronte, Hardy and Dickens; and is certainly not viewed as a "children's book" * written about horses at a time when horses were the world's most owned animal; * and also at a bleak moment in the Industrial Revolution when the workhouse, child labor, and workplace hazards were at a local maximum. So a fair mix of good timing and subject matter, combined with an excellent execution. Anyway tldr everyone should re-read Black Beauty.