The White Horse

By Eli Goodman and Brenda Beck Fisher

Based on a real-life revelational experience that is described in the substantial “Afterword” section, The White Horse teaches that one should not judge another by superficial characteristics. In a rural setting whose exact time and setting are purposely undefined, a family of four young children and their parents rejects a horse because of his skin color. The horse initially resigns himself to his outcast status, but when the children find themselves in danger, he emerges as a confident rescuer. The horse’s heroic act proves to the family, and to the horse, himself, that their preconceived prejudices about him were, for many reasons, entirely wrong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781630479336

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The White Horse

The White Horse

Eli Goodman, MD

Illustrated by Brenda Beck Fisher

New York

The White Horse

© 2017 Eli Goodman, MD.

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Dedications

To my parents: Jacob Gottlieb, Helene Flint Goodman, and Jacob M. Goodman, all of blessed memory. They led by example to teach me the importance of dignity, respect, tolerance, kindness, and generosity to all.

To my children, Laura Marja and David Jacob; my son-in-law, Pi Boualavong; and my grandchildren, Emma Helene, Lucas Elliott, and Jacob Seng—all of whom continue to teach me the exact same things as did my parents.

To my daughter’s mother, Pirjo, who gave me the gift to awake to fatherhood.

EGG

Acknowledgements

The author thanks the following for their help and expertise in the production and promotion of this book.

Robert Dorfman of Peregrine Associates, Warrington, Pennsylvania: In the realm of design, graphics, and production, Robert is a master.

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Elizabeth Watson, my brilliant Editor, Publicist, and Literary Agent, of Springfield, Illinois.

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Tiffany Gibson, Managing Editor at Morgan James Publishing, and the Morgan James Executive Team, for their confidence in me.

Illustrations

Rejection of The White Horse

Behold The White Horse

The Rescue

… our special hero and friend

The Revelation

A human ‘be’ is a human ‘be.’

—Abe Suskind,

(December 31, 1904 – December 27, 2004), a Holocaust survivor, who, with the unique ways in which he would express himself in his adopted English language, captured the essence of the human spirit.

Chapter 1

Laura rubbed her sleepy eyes, as