''A Girl and Five Brave Horses'' is a memoir by

Sonora Webster Carver Sonora Webster Carver (February 2, 1904 September 20, 2003), born in Waycross, Georgia, was an American entertainer, most notable as one of the first female Diving horse, horse divers. Life Webster answered an ad placed by William Frank Carver, ...

published in 1961. At the age of 20, Sonora Webster Carver joined

William Frank Carver William Frank "Doc" Carver (May 7, 1851 – August 31, 1927) was a late 19th-century sharpshooter and the creator of a popular diving horse attraction. Early life William Frank Carver was born in Winslow, Illinois, to William Daniel Carver, a p ...

's Wild West Show which featured diving horses and performed at Atlantic City's

Steel Pier The Steel Pier is a 1,000-foot-long () amusement park built on a pier of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, across from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City (formerly the Trump Taj Mahal). Begun in 1898, it was one of the most po ...

. Although Carver was blinded in a diving accident seven years later, she continued to dive afterward. She wrote "A Girl and Five Brave Horses" documenting her life and her memories of diving horses.

Legacy

It inspired the

Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios uni ...

film ''

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken ''Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'' is a 1991 American drama film directed by Steve Miner. It concerns Sonora Webster Carver, a rider of diving horses. Gabrielle Anwar stars as Carver alongside Michael Schoeffling and Cliff Robertson. It is based ...

''.

References

American autobiographies 1961 non-fiction books Doubleday (publisher) books Memoirs adapted into films Culture of Atlantic City, New Jersey {{Memoir-stub