[PDF] New Orleans and the Design Moment by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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A Girl and Five Brave Horses is the story of Sonora Carver and was the basis for the movie Wild Hearts Cant be Broken. Carver answered the following want ad: Wanted: Attractive young woman who can swim and dive. Likes horses; desires to travel. See Dr. W. F. Carver; Savannah Hotel. From there she became the first woman to jump from forty and sixty feet into a pool of water with diving horses. Carver was blinded during a jump as a result of hitting the water off balance and detaching both of her retinas. Despite this she continued to jump for another eleven years. An amazing and inspiring story.