A Girl and Five Brave Horses
by Sonora Webster Carverliterary work· published 1961
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A Girl and Five Brave Horses is a memoir by Sonora Webster Carver published in 1961. At the age of 20, Sonora Webster Carver joined William Frank Carver's Wild West Show, which featured diving horses and performed at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Although Carver was blinded in a diving accident seven years later, she continued to dive afterward. She wrote A Girl and Five Brave Horses documenting her life and her memories of diving horses.
Adaptations (1)
A Girl and Five Brave Horses was adapted into a 1991 film.
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken1991 · film · 88 min · dir. Steve Miner · IMDb ↗IMDb7.273%A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
