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Download or read book Horse Fixin' written by Frankie McWhorter and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horse Fixin' is a highly informative and entertaining manual for anyone who might want to glimpse into the ways of old-time horsemanship, ways which are still quite applicable today." -The Westem Horse In this memoir, Frankie reminisces about horses and horsemen he has known and discusses his innovative, unconventional approach to horsemanship.
Download or read book Horse Tradin' written by Ben K. Green and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty anecdotes about the Texas West, specifically tales from the corrals, livery stables and wagonyards by the old horse traders. The author is a semi-retired veterinarian.
Book Synopsis All the Pretty Horses by : Cormac McCarthy
Download or read book All the Pretty Horses written by Cormac McCarthy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Book Synopsis Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band by : Frankie McWhorter
Download or read book Cowboy Fiddler in Bob Wills' Band written by Frankie McWhorter and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie McWhorter grew up in Bob Wills Country and bought his first fiddle with his cowboy wages in 1950. He played with Clyde Chesser and the Texas Village Boys and the Miller Brothers Band before being asked to join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. McWhorter tells stories of touring with these bands and of his hours spent listening to Wills tell his stories. He also reveals his adventures and misadventures as a working cowboy.
Book Synopsis What Is Wrong with My Horse? by : Keith Hosman
Download or read book What Is Wrong with My Horse? written by Keith Hosman and published by Keith Hosman. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fixing problems DIY & step-by-step This book is dedicated to every horse owner who has seriously considered leaving the gate open and spilling a trail of corn out to the highway. I've been there, my brothers and sisters. I feel your pain. Horses can be an amazing high - but can also drive ya nuts faster than you can say "Why would you do this to me when I pay all the bills?" This book is also dedicated to all you folks who, new to horses, ignored all sensible advice and bought a young horse, figuring you could "learn together." Doubtless, you're starting to doubt the sanity of that decision... but relax, it's our little secret. Cram what you can of this material each night; amaze your friends in the morning. Section I: The lion's share of challenges faced by riders and owners revolve around some form of "fear," the rider's - or the horse's. Here we deal with "fright" in it's myriad forms. Section II: Neglect your lawn, get weeds. Neglect your car, break down. Neglect your horse... collect trips to the ER. Here's what you need to know to keep your horse tuned-up and out of trouble. Section III: Find step-by-step fixes for the "most popular" (notice the quotes?) problems faced by horse owners. You are a horse owner with problems. This is a book with solutions. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section One: Fear, In All Its Forms How your horse gets scared has everything to do with how we go about fixing it. * Retraining the Flighty or Bratty Horse Horses are herd animals and instinct tells them that there's gotta be a boss. If it's not you, it's gotta be them. Here's how to get and maintain control. Also Included: * Whoever Moves First, Loses (Or, "How to Get Respect") * "I'm Scared of My Horse, Please Help" (The Intimidating Horse) * Despooking: Scary Things * Despooking: Scary Moments * Despooking: Scary Places * Despooking: Scary 'Away' Places * "Say Good-Bye to Mr. Jiggy" * How to Slow Down Your Too-Fast Horse * "Calm Down Now" Section Two: Keeping your horse on the straight and narrow. Today's actions determine the horse you'll ride tomorrow. * "Perfect the First Time" If you're guilty of being a bit heavy-handed (as evidenced by a stiff-as-a-statue horse) here's a Top Five Horse Training Concept that will soften your horse fast. * "6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Training" Six horse training tips, each designed to simplify your training and make big changes fast. * "Rider Checklists" Here are 3 "Rider Checklists." Together, they'll keep you safer - and accelerate your training to boot. * "The First Thing I Do" Here's the first thing you should do with your horse today - and with any horse that's "new to you." * "When You Get On, Do This First" Here's one small thing you can do to keep your horse's attitude in check - and prevent mount-up problems from taking root. * "Is My Horse Hard to Train... Because of His Feet?" If your horse stumbles, cranes his head to the ground, takes halting steps, doesn't want to "move out," or has grown irritable, it might be that his feet are hurting him. Here's how to tell. Section III: Overt Vices Here's how to fix some of the most common problems you might face with your horse: easy, objective, step-by-step. Included: * Horses That Bite * Cinchy Horses * Horses That Won't Go * Leading Stubborn Horses * Picking Up Feet
Book Synopsis American Journeys Volume Two by : Lois Lenski
Download or read book American Journeys Volume Two written by Lois Lenski and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Newbery Award–winning author: These seven beloved classics beautifully capture growing up and overcoming challenges across America. In her Regional America series, author and illustrator Lois Lenski presents realistic portrayals of unforgettable young people facing hardships and triumphs across the diverse United States. The Newbery Medal–winning Strawberry Girl follows day-to-day life for Birdie and her family on a berry farm in Florida, as they deal with heat, droughts, cold snaps, and difficult neighbors. In Prairie School, a young girl gets stranded at her South Dakota school by a winter storm; in Bayou Suzette, the Cajun Suzette strikes up an unlikely friendship with a Native American girl in the swamps of Louisiana; and Blue Ridge Billy is the story of a boy who dreams of playing the fiddle. Other novels follow the lives of a young farmer who wants to quit school and work on his family’s Iowa farm; an Asian-American boy adjusting to city life in San Francisco’s Chinatown; and an adolescent lumberjack in the forests of Oregon. Beyond changing the face of children’s literature, Lenski’s stories endure because of their moving and believable depictions of young people from often overlooked communities. Through her art, Lenski gives these characters a voice that continues to ring loud and clear for modern readers. This ebook includes Strawberry Girl, Prairie School, Bayou Suzette, Blue Ridge Billy, Corn-Farm Boy, San Francisco Boy, and To Be a Logger.
Download or read book Strawberry Girl written by Lois Lenski and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbery Medal–winning childhood classic of life on a Florida farm—part of the Regional series from the author of the Mr. Small picture books. Birdie and her family are trying to build a farm in Florida. But it’s not easy with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps—and neighbors that don’t believe in fences. But Birdie won’t give up on her dream of strawberries, and her family won’t let those Slaters drive them from their home! This Newberry Medal–winning novel presents a realistic picture of life on the Florida frontier. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Book Synopsis Slaughter of the Mountain Man by : William W. Johnstone
Download or read book Slaughter of the Mountain Man written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, mountain man Smoke Jensen sets his sharpshooting sights on an unhinged outlaw who’s carved out his own kingdom in the West—and declared war on the United States . . . Johnstone Country. Come visit. He calls himself The King. Once a respected professor, he was ruined by scandal. Now, he rules his own “country”—an area of western territory where an army of outlaws enforce his laws. Any town he claims as his own must pay “taxes,” collected from bank, stagecoach, and train robberies. When he learns that President Rutherford B. Hayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman are venturing into the far west on a tour of the nation, The King devises a plan to kidnap America’s leaders and expand his empire. But The King didn’t reckon that Smoke Jensen had already staked his claim on the frontier. Traveling with the president’s entourage, the mountain man is not about to let this bloodthirsty, evil tyrant endanger his commander-in-chief and threaten American liberty . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
Download or read book The Callings written by Henry Chappell and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Plains, 1873: The bison-rich grass lands of the Texas Panhandle prove the ultimate test of Plains protagonists Logan Fletcher, a young skinner from Kentucky, and Cuts Something, an aging Comanche war chief seeking to revive his badger medicine. Their confrontation, fuelded by equally arrogant, expansionist cultures, draws in an assortment of characters cast of the harsh land itself and just as gripping.
Download or read book Texarkana written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. RUSTLERS’ PARADISE. An unholy trio of cutthroat rustlers turn a routine horse drive into an epic showdown between good and evil—with a little divine justice from gunfighting legend Perley Gates . . . At first, the job sounds easy: lead a small herd of horses across the Arkansas–Texas border to the Double-D ranch near Texarkana. No problem—at least not for a man like Perley Gates. In fact, he’s looking forward to the 150-mile journey with his old sidekick Possum Smith and young Sonny Rice, and doesn’t expect any trouble along the way. Unfortunately, trouble has a way of finding Perley Gates. This time, it’s a trigger-happy trio of horse thieves who take one look at old Possum, young Sonny, and the low-key Perley, and decide they’re three very easy targets. But in the Old West, nothing comes easy. Except death . . . So begins one hell of a showdown. On one side are the forces of evil itself, with notorious gunslinger Spade Devlin gunning for blood. On the other side are a few good men, a town under seige—and a merciless angel of vengeance named Perley Gates. . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
Book Synopsis The Rocking T Rustlers by : Keith R. Ostling
Download or read book The Rocking T Rustlers written by Keith R. Ostling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rocking T Rustlers" is the third novel in a five-novel series featuring a character called Chancy Flint. Chancy is a young cowboy who's good with horses, cattle and guns. He figures out that someone is changing brands on Rocking T stock to the Circle Cross brand. He eventually figures out who's behind the rustling as well as a couple of murders. The local sheriff is on the rustler's payroll, so it falls to Chancy Flint to bring the rustler to justice. But the rustler is surrounded by hired gunmen. The odds are heavily against him, but he vows to do his best. He says he can do nothing more -- and he can do nothing less.
Book Synopsis Homily Grits and All the Fixin's by : Betty Joyce Colgate
Download or read book Homily Grits and All the Fixin's written by Betty Joyce Colgate and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia Sue grows up in the quiet town of Coffeeville, Georgia in the days preceding television, computer games, and cell phones. She finds abundant entertainment in the activities of the townsfolk. Some of these activities she witnesses firsthand, but most she learns about as oral history in stories told by others, especially by her insightful grandmother, Momann. She also receives valuable lessons in living from being near her favorite aunt, Augusta, who holds court in her popular antique store felicitously situated in the center of Coffeeville-if not the universe-Downtown on the Square. Although she relishes the telling and retelling of these tales of local legend, Georgia Sue longs to grow up and move away to some place where somethin' interestin' is always happenin', so she can write stories about that. The town and its characters are fictional, but the stories are loosely based on or derived from events known or believed to have occurred.
Book Synopsis The Horse in Magic and Myth by : M. Oldfield Howey
Download or read book The Horse in Magic and Myth written by M. Oldfield Howey and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 40 Fundamentals of English Riding by : Hollie H. McNeil
Download or read book 40 Fundamentals of English Riding written by Hollie H. McNeil and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "90-minute DVD, all 40 fundamentals fully demonstrated with narration by the author"--Sticker on dust jacket.
Book Synopsis The History and Romance of the Horse by : Arthur Vernon
Download or read book The History and Romance of the Horse written by Arthur Vernon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping, illustrated panorama of horse-related history and lore will appeal to readers of all ages. Starting with the miniature Eohippus, the work follows the evolution of the horse through Greek mythology, the Middle Ages, the American West, and beyond, profiling race horses, working and war horses, and much more.
Book Synopsis Mark of the Hunter by : Charles G. West
Download or read book Mark of the Hunter written by Charles G. West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man refuses to rest until he finds his family’s killer in this pulse-pounding tale of the American West. No child should have to witness what twelve-year-old Cord Malone sees the day his parents are murdered and his home burned to the ground. After he’s rescued from the blaze by his Uncle Jesse, the terrible images haunt him, as does the name of the man responsible: Eli Creed. Jesse tries to track Creed down, only to lose the man’s trail. But Cord won’t give up. He waits out his young years before setting out on a trail long gone cold—and one day, he will satisfy the need for revenge that burns inside him.
Book Synopsis Prairie Schooner by : Lowry Charles Wimberly
Download or read book Prairie Schooner written by Lowry Charles Wimberly and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
