Anthony Amaral (19 August 19309 June 1982) was an

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Historian and

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. He wrote books and articles on

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and

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s, as well a biography of Western novelist and artist Will James.

Biography

Personal life

Amaral was born in New York, but moved to

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at an early age. He served in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s during the

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, where he reached the rank of 1st Lieut. After his discharge, he attended

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then stayed on as a horse trainer at the

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. His first known published article was about the Center. He married Loretta Anne Richey in 1965 in Napa California; was later divorced in 1971, in Carson City, Nevada.

Death and afterward

Amaral died in 1982 "fighting down a stallion at the end of a rope". His collections on Will James are now archived in the University of Nevada Reno Library. The library also has a collection of his photographs.

Philosophical and/or political views

Amaral advocated non-abusive means for filming horse stunts in movies, and wrote several articles protesting the harassment of wild (feral) horses.

Published works

#''Corn Flake Legacy'' Horse Lovers Magazine April–May 1959 p. 32-33. # #''Motion picture horses''. Cruse Publishing Co.,

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#''New Kellogg's Pony Breed'' by Anthony A. Amaral In Western Horseman, February 1962, pp. 74–77 #''Struggle in Owen's Valley'' American Forests Magazine August, 1964 #''The Flume Riders'' True West, April 1966, pp. 24–25 #''Movie horses: their treatment and training''; Bobbs-Merrill- (1967) #''Movie Horses : The Fascinating Techniques of Training'' WILSHIRE BOOK COMPANY (1967) # #''

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, First Woman of Nevada Letters'' Nevada State Historical Society, Fall 1967. #''A Dedication to the Memory of Will James 1892–1942''; University of Arizona Press: Arizona and the West, Autumn, 1968 pp. 206–210 #''Wagons By Studebaker'' by Anthony A. Amaral In Old West, June 1968, pp. 56–61 #''Walter Van Tilburg Clark : the writer as teacher'' Sage. Vol. 2, no. 3 (Winter 1968) pp. 10–15. #''The Wild Stallion: Comments on His Natural History''; A. Amaral - Brand Book, 1969. #''The Story of Frank Hopkins'', Western Horseman Magazine, 1969 #''Movie Horses'' Old West, March 1970, pp. 6–21 #''The Wild Horse - Worth Saving?'' by Anthony Amaral National Parks and Conservation, March, 1971 pp. 21–24 #''Threat to the Free Spirit: The Question of the Mustang's Future'' The American West September 1971, pp. 13–17. #''Lace curtains and Bootjacks, Old Carson City's Ormsby House'' arson City, Nev.: Ormsby House, ©1972. #''The Importance of Disposition'' by Anthony A. Amaral In Western Horseman, April, 1974 #''Quest for Arabian horses became a desert odyssey'' Smithsonian Magazine, September 1975 pp. 42–49 # #''Statement by Anthony Amaral, Author and Librarian'
Proceedings National Wild Horse Forum April 4-7-1977
p. 66. #''Selective Major Literature Relating to Wild Horses''
Proceedings National Wild Horse Forum April 4-7-1977
pp. 68–9. #''How to train your horse. A complete guide to making an honest horse''. A. Amaral - New York : Winchester Press, ©1977. #''The West of Will James: A Portfolio of His Drawings; W James, A.A. Amaral'' - 1978 - University of Nevada Press #''Spirit Horse'' Far West. Vol. 2, no. 2. 1979, pp. 24–41. #

References

External links

Anthony Amaral on Horse

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amaral, Anthony Historians of the American West People from Carson City, Nevada Writers from Nevada California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni 1930 births 1982 deaths