Donna Janell Bowman

Donna Janell Bowman grew up on a quarter horse ranch where she trained for horse shows and developed her passion for writing. When she first heard about Doc and Jim Key, Bowman was skeptical about Jim’s "education." But after doing her own research, she was inspired to share Doc and Jim’s fascinating story with young readers. Bowman lives in Texas with her family and their rescue animals. This is her debut book.


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    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
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    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
    A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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