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Another vote for “No Job for a Lady”! One of my favourite books of all time (and if her name seems familiar, she wrote “Blessed Are the Broodmares” and “Blessed are the Foals”).[/QUOTE]
That book is one of my favorites as well! I really wish it was more famous and still in print. It deserves to be read by a new generation. Some of the stories, particularly about her little horse that beat Nautical before he became Nautical are just wonderful!
Blood and Money by Thomas Thompson. It’s about Joan Robinson Hill and her mysterious death.
She was a fixture on the Saddlebred scene here in Houston.
Third page and no love for The Horsemasters?! (by Don Stanford, 1957.) Totally in the “cheesy teen horse book” genre, but well-done for all that, and by all accounts a good representation of the legendary Stefan Skupinski (“Captain Pinski” in the book).
I have also just now discovered that it was made into a Disney movie starring Annette Funicello! Hrm.
Darrin-- YES, I’ve read that and a few other long rider books. I. Am always amazed how few COTH members have. Have you read, To Ride a White Horse?
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Third page and no love for The Horsemasters?! (by Don Stanford, 1957.) Totally in the “cheesy teen horse book” genre, but well-done for all that, and by all accounts a good representation of the legendary Stefan Skupinski (“Captain Pinski” in the book).
I have also just now discovered that it was made into a Disney movie starring Annette Funicello! Hrm.[/QUOTE]
I loved the The Horsemasters as a young teen. It fit in with what I was learning and doing in Pony Club and helped me understand the world of “our type” of riding was much bigger than one little local Pony Club. I learned a lot from The Horsemasters and enjoyed it.
To whoever recommended “no job for a lady” thank you!!! Just finished it, and my daughters are reading it now.
For my turn, I recommend “the village horse doctor” by Ben Green.
Well these are the ones I was gonna suggest…
Also:
Hot Blood by Ken Englade - TMI about the insurance scam horse killings in the 70s along with the disappearance of Helen Brach.
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Memoir, humor, Chronicles of the $700 Pony, and the Further Adventures of the $700 Pony (only avail as e-book). I wrote them, so biased, but I do re-read them periodically and I think they’re pretty funny. :D[/QUOTE]
Agree!
LOL funny reading :lol:
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Last of the Saddle Tramps, by Mesannie Wilkins. In November 1954, at the age of 62, she left her home in Maine for California-on horseback. She had no experience in long distance riding. It’s a fascinating true story, have any other COTHers read it?
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Also gifted to a 70-something friend who is still taking weeklong horsecamping trips & does the Michigan Coast-to-Coast ride - on her mule.
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Last of the Saddle Tramps, by Mesannie Wilkins. In November 1954, at the age of 62, she left her home in Maine for California-on horseback. She had no experience in long distance riding. It’s a fascinating true story, have any other COTHers read it?[/QUOTE]
:yes:
And gifted to a 70-something friend who still takes weeklong horsecamping trips & does the Michigan Coast-to-Coast ride - on her mule.
Paul Brown was the illustrator for Elaine Moore’s book, “Winning Your Spurs.” LOVE that book and many of his others, too. His art is right up there with C.W. Anderson
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Paul Brown was the illustrator for Elaine Moore’s book, “Winning Your Spurs.” LOVE that book and many of his others, too. His art is right up there with C.W. Anderson[/QUOTE]
Love Paul Brown illustrations. However…I have an old book of his, “The Horse,” and amusingly, there is one drawing of a horse on the “wrong” lead, and text about how the horse isn’t worth anything because of that (i.e., doesn’t have natural balance to naturally change to the correct lead). Obviously written many years before “dressage” as such penetrated the brain of the general public or many trainers/riders. Now, yes, a wrong lead is a wrong lead, and not necessarily “countercanter,” but there was a certain obliviousness to the statement - horse not worth anything if it doesn’t automatically change to the correct lead. The rider MIGHT have asked for that lead as a TEST of balance. LOL!!
Comanche of the 7th - the only “soldier” to survive the Battle of the Little Big Horn. (May be more of a teen book as that was my age when I read it.) Also, although not a horse book per se but some wonderful writing about training race horses in Africa, Beryl Markham’s “West with the Night”.
I’m going to have to buy this one. Thanks! Have also just bought “Unbranded” to read on my Kindle.
A few of my favorites:
-The original book version of “War Horse”
-Sandsablaze
-Sgt. Reckless
-Chosen By A Horse (the first one - I did not care for the sequel(s))
-Secretariat by Bill Nack
-Ruffian: Burning from the Start
If you haven’t tried “Unbranded”, you should. Am currently reading it and am a third of the way through and enjoying it. Looking forward to the documentary in September.
http://watch.unbrandedthefilm.com/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
I follow it/them on Facebook as well. Would dearly love to have the time and money to do something similar. Maybe not as far, but what a great way to see parts of this great country!
Wild Ride is a great read, if you’re at all interested in the TB industry.
I haven’t read it yet, it’s sitting in my Amazon cart. But Long Ride Home: Guts, Guns and Grizzlies looks interesting.
I believe Felipe Masseti Leite has three books now chronicling his long rides.
My favourites have already been mentioned.
@Bristol Bay :yes:
I loved the Podhajsky books & taught my TB counter-canter by painstakingly reading & rereading his chapter on the movement.
As I rode, the book sat on the rail 
You mentioned 2 more of my faves:
Horsepeople
Forward Motion
And a Guilty Pleasure: In Hot Blood :o
I showed the NIHJA circuit and could go through that book highlighting the names I rubbed shoulders with at shows.
The (in)famous Ross Hugi did my TBs PPE.
I boarded at a barn formerly owned by Martha Jayne (& rumored to be where Helen Brach was buried).
Never met Tommy Burns aka The Sandman {shudder} himself, but a barn handyman bragged about going with him to FL.
I always wondered if that was the trip where Streetwise was killed.
ETA: did not realize this was a zombie thread… To which I had already posted! :winkgrin:
:lol:Yes!
LOL funny when you posted here.
Also enjoyed your Blithe Traveler blog :encouragement:
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