his grooms, and companions : the autobiography of a horse
Sewell, Anna
1990
Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead, describes his idyllic days on a country squire's estate and his harsh fate as a London cab horse.
Living at Squire Gordon's country estate, the spirited young Black Beauty is healthy and happy. But when the squire is forced to sell off all his horses, Black Beauty is passed form one master to another and treated cruelly.