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Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375862298
On her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, eighth-grader Abby Lovitt faces the possibility of giving up her beloved colt, Jack, when it comes to light that his dam might have been stolen.
Author : Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0811707040
After several visits to study Icelandic sagas, Nancy Brown returns to Iceland to search for the perfect Icelandic horse, one she can bring back to her Pennsylvania farm and make her own. To do so, she must become part of the country's tightly knit horse-breeding community, which can be wary of outsiders and extremely protective of the world-famous breed. In this clear-eyed, evocative account set against Iceland's austere and majestic landscape, she describes what makes Icelandic horses and their owners so distinctive. She also discovers her limitations as a horsewoman and learns much about what she is looking for-in a horse and in her life.
Author : Mark Rashid
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781628730432
In A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color, Mark Rashid continues to share his talent for training horses through communication rather than force. Rashid uses humorous, feel-good stories to relate his techniques of teaching horses by examining their view of the world. This book is a must-have for compassionate horse trainers and owners. Tales of Arabs, appaloosas, and paints—mistrusted and mistreated because of their breed—will give readers a new perspective on these breeds and others. This new edition features added introductory notes for each chapter that contribute to a better understanding of Rashid’s philosophy and methods.
Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375894145
A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers. Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers in this stirring novel set on a California horse ranch in the 1960s. Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares “Jewel” and all the geldings “George” and warns Abby not to get attached: the horses are there to be sold. But with all the stress at school (the Big Four have turned against Abby and her friends) and home (her brother Danny is gone—for good, it seems—and now Daddy won’t speak his name), Abby seeks refuge with the Georges and the Jewels. But there’s one gelding on her family’s farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse who won’t meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her right off every chance he gets, the horse her father makes her ride and train, every day. She calls him the Ornery George.
Author : Tom Groneberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780743299022
Since moving west over a decade ago, Tom Groneberg has worked with horses as a trail guide, as a ranch hand, and as the manager of his own ranch in Montana, but he has never owned a really good horse. Until, on an autumn night, in a warm barn under a blanket of snow, Blue is born. Soon, he will belong to Tom Groneberg. "If I had a good horse," writes Tom, "I could give it my life. I could ride it for years. We could grow old together." So begins this unique American love story about a man and his horse. In straightforward, poetic prose, Tom Groneberg chronicles the early successes and failures of trying to train Blue, earning the animal's trust, and saddling him for the first time. The experience is challenging, but ultimately rewarding for Tom. Through his relationship with the animal, he develops a deeper understanding of the land and his community, and of himself -- as a man, and as a husband and father. In a world in which horses are fast becoming nothing more than warm-blooded lawn ornaments, Tom still believes these animals are important in human lives. At its heart, One Good Horse is about the power of hope, the simple story of a horse and the way people connect with nature and with each other across the generations.
Author : David Martin Anderson
Publisher : Conroca Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Montana
ISBN : 1892617161
Hidden atop Montana¿s Pryor Mountain, the last of the purebred Spanish mustangs still roam free. They are the direct descendants of Cortez¿s noble jennets and a rare breed. For over two hundred years they have lived in an isolated Garden of Eden, safe from the outside world and the most feared predator of all ¿ man. But in 1919, when a band of cowboys discover their whereabouts, all tranquility ends. The taking of free mustangs on Federal land becomes a lucrative but tainted business. Over the next twenty years the cowboys systematically slaughter thirty thousand horses and ship the carcasses to cannery plants hungry for cheap feed. By the summer of 1939, less than one thousand jennets remain alive. Enter seventeen-year-old Billy Bartell. Desperate to flee a macabre life as a mortician, Billy all-too eagerly takes up company among the last of the old West drovers. It seems Billy has the requisite skills to both hunt down the horses and prep the creatures¿ carcasses for the iced-down boxcars. Yet, the pact he makes with the camp boss, Captain Belial, may not have been his wisest decision. Getting out of a pact with the devil never is. Now, Billy is faced with another monumental decision: continue eradicating the herds or save the last of the good horses from extinction.
Author : Allan J. Hamilton MD
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781603427807
Eastern philosophy enters the stables in this unique guide to horsemanship. Allan Hamilton describes how horses understand and respond to the flow of vital energy around them. They use this energy, called chi, to communicate with their herd, express dominance, and sense predators. Hamilton shares safe, simple techniques to make you more receptive to your animal’s chi, so you can develop a calm and effective training style that will not only help your horse follow commands, but strengthen the spiritual bond between horse and rider.
Author : Denny Emerson
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781646010653
A revised edition of the inspiring bestseller, now in paperback with new good rider profiles! This book is exactly what you need to become a better rider. It's a smart, honest, on-target kick-in-the-pants, guaranteed to rev your engines as you see how a few changes in your life, a few smart choices and strategic moves, can transform you from a run-of-the-mill rider into a good one. How does Denny Emerson know what makes a good rider? For one thing, he is one—he is the only rider in the world to have won both a gold medal in international eventing and a Tevis Cup buckle in endurance. Plus, he's been around great riders, and taught those on their way to becoming great, for over 40 years. How will what Denny knows help you become a good rider? He's boiled the whole thing down into seven broad "Areas of Choice" that determine whether you are a "gonnabe" or whether you'll be stuck in the "wannabe" category for decades. Examine how your choice of riding sport may or may not be the best for who you are and where you live. Find out how those frustrating hurdles known as "life circumstances" don't necessarily hold you back like you think they do. Learn how to build a strong support team by winning people to your cause and choosing the right teachers and mentors. Analyze your physical self (your body, how it is formed and how you care for it) and your intellectual self (your "horse smarts" and how you are adding to them or not) and apply the results to your "gonna-be-good" equation. Take a good hard look at your partner—your horse—and think critically about his ability to help you attain your riding goals. Discover the nine key character traits of successful riders and how you can learn to call each one of them your own. Along the way you'll read the stories of 23 of the world's top riders from different disciplines and sports—including dressage, reining, driving, show jumping, endurance, hunter/jumper, and eventing—and how they "got good" despite the same kinds of challenges and setbacks you face in your own day-to-day riding. You'll get an inside look at their path to success, as well as their very best tips for how to "make it" in the horse industry.
Author : Darby Karchut
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945654597
When tragedy shatters Alex's world and he's forced to live with his estranged father, he's given a peace offering with a red coat, lightning speed, and a fighting spirit that just might heal Alex's heart and reunite father and son.
Author : Linda Tellington-Jones
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781570765698
Finally, a comprehensive collection of world-renowned equine expert Linda Tellington-Jones' healing equine bodywork and training exercises, for use both on the ground and in the saddle. In one fabulously illustrated book, those new to Linda's approach are provided with a clear, step-by-step introduction to the Tellington Method, while those familiar with her work finally have the ultimate go-to reference. The book is divided into three parts. Part One briefly explains the background of the Tellington Method and then discusses the reasons for unwanted behavior and poor attitude in horses. Part Two, arranged alphabetically, contains a compendium of 72 common behavioral, training and health issues, many of which horse people face on a daily basis. In this A to Z format, from Aggressive to Other Horses to Weaving, Linda discusses the possible reasons for these behaviors or problems and offers conventional methods of solving these challenges, as well as training solutions using the Tellington Method. Part Three presents—for the first time in one volume—the complete body of work that makes up the Tellington Method: the Tellington TTouches, Ground Exercises, and Ridden Work. At the end of this section, there is also a detailed case study, which includes 49 photographs showing every step along the way to successfully teaching your horse to load.
Author : Katherine Roberts
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : Generals
ISBN : 1539403947
The war horse Bucephalus recounts his adventures from 344-323 B.C. with Alexander the Great and his relationship with a groom who has prophetic dreams.
Author : Molly Gloss
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 0618799907
With an elegant sweetness and a pitch-perfect sense of western life reminiscent of Annie Dillard, Glosss breakout novel is a remarkable story about the connections between people and animals and how they touch one another in the most unexpected and profound ways.
Author : Roger Caras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0884864170
Featured in literature and popular culture; immortalized in myth, legen, and art; the role of the horse has been transformed by mankind through the years. Admired for their strength, speed and beauty, horses have represented survival, wealth, dominance, freedom and even spirituality. Thus, it is not surprising that many of our most treasured authors, both past and present, have chosen to feature this magnificent creature in their writings. From Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to Mary O' Hara's My Friend Flicka?-Treasury of Great Horse Stories gathers works from the greatest writers of our times
Author : Heather Smith-Thomas
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1570766215
A go-to manual for any horse owner, this book addresses a range of equine behavioral problems, from the mild--refusing to stand still or tail rubbing, for example--to the severe, such as rearing under saddle or attacking other horses. With topics broken into four main categories--bad habits in the stable, correcting ground manners, problems under saddle, and the reluctant traveler--noted rancher and horse book author Heather Smith Thomas dissects each topic by addressing the source of the problem, providing solutions to the behavioral issue, and discussing what to do if the fix doesn't stick.
Author : Sam Savitt
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0670379204
When he learns that his newly acquired, uncontrollable horse was formerly a race horse of distinction, seventeen-year-old Mike Benson and his horse train to race again.