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Everything I Know About Life I Learned From My Horse
| Author: Gwen PetersenFormat: Hardcover, 224 Pages Item: 147256 ISBN: 9780760336908 Publisher: Voyageur Press Specs Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations Size: 5 x 7.25 Weight: 0.688 lb. Edition: First Published: August 17th 2009 DC: AP List Price: $19.99 $14.99 All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
Gwen Petersen earlier enlightened us on the joys of shoveling manure. Now, in this delightful new collection of pithy and hilarious essays, she explains how her philosophy of life comes with a good dose of horse sense. Here’s advice on how to fall off a horse with style, dressing to avoid embarrassing your equine friend, 1,001 uses for bag balm, perfecting the care and feeding of veterinarians and farriers, cattle drives and brandings, and falling in love all over again (with a horse, that is). Petersen’s words are as amusing as they are instructive, and whether you’re a horse lover or simply someone in need of a down-to-earth laugh, this is a book you won’t want to miss. |
Everything I Know About Life I Learned From My Horse is a memorable book for its equine and human characters: a wandering, social butterfly of a horse who thinks he is a king; a ranch owner’s wife who collects “flamingo art, flamingo ceramics, and flamingo doodads” and a narrator who is consistently above-board with what’s on her mind…To read this book is to join Petersen around a campfire, slapping knees together at the adventuresome blessing that is the horse life…At once a humorous memoir and legitimate guidebook, this book is an up-close-and-personal introduction to the cowgirl’s days and the charm of the horses that fill them.
Foreword September/October 2009
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART ONE: HOOKED ON HAYBURNERS Be advised that loving horses is a surefire way to let the world know you’re slightly bonkers. Once hooked on horses, you’ll give your beloved steeds more love and attention than you do your spouse, children, or parents. Dating couples have been known to go separate ways when he or she prefers four-footed equines to a hot date.
Horsing Around One: Acquiring a Steed Wherein you learn that you know more about moon travel than you know about purchasing a horse.
Horsing Around Two: Rules of Horsemanship: # 1: Get Mounted. #2: Stay Mounted. Wherein you learn about Out West hayburners, and wherein you also learn what “saddle sore” means.
Horsing Around Three: Kid Horses Wherein you learn that some horses are better babysitters than television, ice cream, or a pet baboon.
Horsing Around Four: Coping with Pro-Tem Equines and Oddball Horses Wherein you become a short-term owner of a variety of steeds. And wherein you learn that some horses have BBs for brains.
PART TWO: RIDIN’, RIDIN’, RIDIN’ Once you’ve found and purchased the mount you know you’ll love forever, you’ll spend great wads of time, money, and effort on riding anywhere, anytime, for any reason.
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