{"product_id":"book-cl4v","title":"Ghost Riders","description":"\u003cb\u003eIt is April 1945 and the world's most prized horses are about to be slaughtered …\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the Red Army closes in on the Third Reich, a German colonel sends an  American intelligence officer an unusual report about a POW camp soon to be overrun by the Soviets. Locked up, the report says, are over a thousand horses, including the entire herd of white Lipizzaner's from Vienna's Spanish Riding School, as well as Europe's finest  Arabian stallions - stolen to create an equine \"master race.\" The horses are worth millions and, if the starving  Red Army reaches the stables first, they will kill the horses for  rations. The Americans, under the command of General George Patton, whose love of horses was legendary, decide to help the Germans save the majestic creatures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So begins \"Operation Cowboy,\" as GIs join forces with surrendered German soldiers and liberated prisoners of war to save the world's finest horses from fanatical SS soldiers and the ruthless Red Army in an extraordinary battle during the last few days of the war in Europe. This is an epic untold story from the waning days of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing from newly unearthed archival material, family  archives held by descendants of the participants, and interviews with many of the participants published throughout the years, \u003ci\u003eGhost Riders \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive account of this truly unprecedented and moving story of kindness and compassion at the close of humanity's darkest hour.","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349229019440,"sku":"ZEcl4v","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":49349228986672,"sku":"BDcl4v","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cl4v-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776248509","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cl4v","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}