Heroines on Horseback
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Page : pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2019
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Heroines on Horseback
Author : Jane Badger
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Page : 199 pages
File Size : 18,23 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 9781847451545
Book Description
"Heroines on Horseback looks at the pony book through its beginnings in the 20s and 30s, to the glory days of the 40s and 50s, and beyond. Pony book expert Jane Badger writes about the lives and contributions of noted exponents, including Primrose Cumming, Monica Edwards, Patricia Leitch, Ruby Ferguson and the Pullein-Thompson sisters, as well as providing a wide-ranging view of the genre as a whole, its themes and developments, illustrators and short stories."--Lower cover.
Horses/Heroines/Saddle Up
Author : Dean
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 1975-01-01
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ISBN : 9780157321562
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Horse Crazy
Author : Jean O'Malley Halley
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0820355275
Book Description
Horse Crazy explores the meaning behind the love between girls and horses. Jean O'Malley Halley, a self-professed "horse girl," contends that this relationship and its cultural signifiers influence the manner in which young girls define their identity when it comes to gender. Halley examines how popular culture, including the "pony book" genre, uses horses to encourage conformity to gender norms but also insists that the loving relationship between a girl and a horse fundamentally challenges sexist and mainstream ideas of girlhood. Horse Crazy looks at the relationships between girls and horses through the frameworks of Michel Foucault's concepts of normalization and biopower, drawing conclusions about the way girls' agency is both normalized and resistant to normalization. Segments of Halley's own experiences with horses as a young girl, as well as experiences from the perspective of other girls, are sources for examination. "Horsey girls," as she calls them, are girls who find a way to defy the expectations given to them by society-thinness, obsession with makeup and beauty, frailty-and gain the possibility of freedom in the process. Drawing on Nicole Shukin's uses of animal capital theories, Halley also explores the varied treatment of horses themselves as an example of the biopolitical use of nonhuman animals and the manipulation and exploitation of horse life. In so doing she engages with common ways we think and feel about animals and with the technologies of speciesism.
Pie in the Sky
Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375869689
Book Description
Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky after his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California.
The Girl Who Loves Horses: Pegasus Equestrian Center Series
Author : Diana Vincent
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478389514
Book Description
(The Girl Who Loves Horses was previously published under the title Fiel.)Shoveling manure – no sweat. Working with a rude stable boy – can deal with it. Teased, humiliated and snubbed, thirteen-year-old Sierra Landsing endures all for the chance to learn to ride and to be around horses. River Girard, the stable boy, loves the horses as much as Sierra. He treats each horse with kindness and respect and surprisingly, as friendship develops between Sierra and River, she feels he treats her the same way as the horses. An amazingly gifted rider, River teaches Sierra a style of riding that she loves. But River doesn't compete, and when Sierra starts taking lessons from a professional and is confronted with harsh training methods, she is torn between doing what she thinks is right, or looking the other way in order to pursue her dream of competing in the Pacific Regional Combined Training Championship.
If Wishes Were Horses
Author : Susanna Forrest
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Pets
ISBN : 0857897136
Book Description
Susanna Forrest grew up in the 1980s near Norwich, and like many a girl, she yearned for a pony. She was never to get one, but this didn't stop her becoming obsessed with all things equine. If Wishes Were Horses is the story of that all-consuming interest, and of the author's nerve-wracked attempts later in life to ride once again. However, as Susanna Forrest's journey unfolds, it leads her to horse-obsessed princesses, recovering crack addicts, courtesans, warriors, pink-obsessed schoolgirls, national heroines, and runaways across the ages. From girl-riders of the Bronze Age, to lavishly adorned equestrian Victorians and 21st-century children on horseback in Brixton, she explores the development of this Pony Cult from its earliest times to the present day. In doing so, she takes to the saddle once more and rediscovers her own riding legs in this frank, eclectic, and captivating memoir of an ever-changing equine world.
Heart of Trust
Author : Hannah E. Carey
Publisher : Hannah E. Carey
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Heartland! Take a journey to Heart & Soul Ranch in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where horses and humans come to heal. Hooves & Hearts Book 1 What he needs is someone to fix his broken horse. What he doesn’t bargain for is losing his heart. In the wake of having his perfectly planned future ripped out from under him, Carter O’Sheen finds himself the unexpected, and somewhat reluctant, owner of D’Artagnan: a dressage horse with an expensive price tag. Not only does Carter know practically nothing about horses, the horse’s surly behavior is making Carter’s job of taking care of him more than a little difficult. Carter knows he needs help, but he doesn’t know where to turn. The last training client Meg Beckett wants to take on is Carter O’Sheen, the heir to the famous O’Sheen Distillery. She’s already got her hands full trying to keep Heart and Soul Ranch running and the bills paid. But when Carter reveals how desperate his situation is, Meg finds that she can’t bring herself to turn him and his horse away. She agrees to take on D’Artagnan, promising herself that she won’t fall for the horse’s handsome owner in the process. But Carter and Meg soon discover that the situation surrounding D’Artagnan is more complicated, and more dangerous, than they first thought. Someone has it out for the horse, and they’ll stop at nothing to get what they want. If they want to keep D’Artganan, and the ranch, safe, Meg and Carter will have to work together. But doing so might put something else they don’t expect at risk: their hearts. Keywords: horses, horse farm, horse ranch, horse rescue ranch, horse lover, equestrian, horse books, equestrian books, equestrian, equestrian fiction, horse rescue, books for horse lovers, women's fiction, contemporary women's fiction, rescue horse, equestrian women's fiction, romance, closed door romance, suspense, opposites attract romance, millionaire hero, cinnamon roll hero, horse trainer, dressage, Natalie Keller Reinert, Linda Shantz, Brittney Joy, Tudor Robins, Bridget E. Baker, B.E. Baker
Munsey's Magazine for ...
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Page : 840 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 1896
Category : American periodicals
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Horses/Heroines/Steeple
Author : Dean
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,90 MB
Release : 1975-01-01
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ISBN : 9780157321609
