In paradisal green Devon, a clean-limbed English youth, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), raises a bay colt he calls Joey.

NEWYORKER: Battle Stations

In paradisal green Devon, a clean-limbed English youth, Albert (Jeremy Irvine), raises a bay colt, Joey, and then follows him into the slaughterhouse of the First World War.

NEWYORKER: War Horse

Fair- haired and slight of build, Edward is not so long- limbed as Henry, less angular, and his clean- shaven cheeks are bright with the admissions of one who, despite his ambitions, has actually spent little time out of doors.

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