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"The saga of a young man's dreams of glory and his quest for adventure. And the tale of an old-timer who has led a charmed life."--Introduction, p. xiii.
Author : Robert Schweiger
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1481704907
"The saga of a young man's dreams of glory and his quest for adventure. And the tale of an old-timer who has led a charmed life."--Introduction, p. xiii.
Author : Messanie Wilkins
Publisher : Long Riders Guild Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590480434
Historically the world of equestrian travel has contained an exciting mixture of unique men and women. Some are adventurers seeking danger from the back of their horses. Others are travelers discovering the beauties of the countryside they slowly ride through. A few are searching for inner truths while cantering across desolate parts of the planet. Then there is Messanie Wilkins. She was acting on orders from the Lord! In 1954, at the age of 63, Wilkins had plenty to worry about. A destitute spinster in ill health, Wilkins had been told she had less than two years left to live, provided she spent them quietly. With no family ties, no money, and no future in her native Maine, Wilkins decided to take a daring step. Using the money she had made from selling homemade pickles, Wilkins bought a tired summer camp horse and made preparations to ride from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean. Yet before leaving she flipped a coin, asking God to direct her to go or not. When the coin came up heads several times in a row, one of America s most unlikely equestrian heroines set off. What followed was one of the twentieth century's most remarkable equestrian journeys. Accompanied by her faithful horse, Tarzan, Wilkins suffered through a host of obstacles including blistering deserts and freezing snow storms, yet never lost faith that she would complete her 7,000 mile odyssey. Last of the Saddle Tramps is thus the warm and humorous story of a humble American heroine bound for adventure and the Pacific Ocean. The classic tale is amply illustrated with photographs.
Author : Clint Hawkins
Publisher : HarperPrism
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 18,61 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061007248
For a man who has never had any luck with horses, taking a job for a stage line tracking down a vicious band of horse thieves strikes Wade Calhoun's sense of humor. But there is nothing funny when the lead starts flying, and the saddle tramp comes up against the murderous varmints.
Author : Todhunter Ballard
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Cattle stealing
ISBN :
Diamond D ranch. Then you find Claude Burton's Bar X is squeezing Diamond D to the wall. As part of the campaign of terror, three gun toughs jump you. Suddenly you decide you've been crowded far enough. So you wade into those buckos and the feud is on.
Author : Bj Smith
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 2021-01-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781645362807
Within the pages of this book, you will be swept away to find your place 'round the campfire of a wilderness wrangler where laughter, wisdom, and nature abound. The stories between these covers describe a lifetime of experience as an environmentalist, alpine skier, Mountie of the North, horse whisperer, and western humorist, told in rhyme and rhythm as they frequently are presented at Western festivals, banquets, and the occasional cruise liners. BJ Smith is well known as a cowboy poet extraordinaire, winner of the Will Rogers Award, and has routinely featured as a keynote speaker throughout North America.
Author : Rick Allen
Publisher :
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Horse owners
ISBN : 9780975794630
Rick Allen's story of his bonding with horses leading to him becoming a saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours.
Author : Rick Allen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 2016-02-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781530131136
"Tales of a Saddle Tramp" "This book is about how one man's life can be touched by horses and the bond that develops between horse and rider. That life is mine - "Rick Allen"; ex-navy electrician turned leatherworker turned saddler, horse rider, endurance club president, Saddlery store owner, horseback tour guide and operator of Saddletramp Horseback Tours. What started out as a hobby, doing trail rides for fun with the club, ended up a profession; eventually teaching other people how to be tour guides. The horse at the centre of this bonding is "Bobby" (or Bob as I now call him), a 16 hands high bay brown medium Waler. My passion started with the history of military Saddlery and horses, having done leatherwork while in the Navy, (mainly because I was too cheap to buy the accessories for archery; I decided to make them instead). In those days I took a liking to leatherwork as a hobby, making belts, stubby holders and handbags. My best work involved hand stitching and I became quite proficient at this, which lead me to begin to repair Saddlery"
Author : Gene Skaug
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1684564514
Rarely do we have the good fortune to meet an individual who has directed their life along a path that has satisfied their inner desires rather than submitting to a stereotyped mold formed by society. Gene Skaug is such a person. Whether running a string of pack animals, training a cow horse, cutting a steer from the herd, or just shoeing his own horse. Gene is doing what he wants to do. At the end of the working day, he has the satisfaction of knowing he has accomplished a professional job. A life lived so close to nature yields knowledge few of us ever obtain. As the sailor knows the sea. The vaquero knows the land and the animals that inhabit it. The following collection was penned during the lonely evenings at a line camp in Western Nevada. The thoughts are those of a buckaroo. There is pathos as well as humor in these poems; they are statements about life with which we can all identify. Let us hope that Gene Skaug will continue to commit his thoughts to paper as he has done so well on this occasion. Carl L. Sauls, MD
Author : Owen G Irons
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0709097905
When you work with a man, ride with him, eat the same food and even love the same woman, you are loyal to him. That was the way Corey Keogh had always believed it should be. But when his gun-happy partner, Andy Givens, turned killer and set his sights on robbing banks and then tried to force his unwanted attentions on Corey's one love, Marly Pierce, the day of reckoning was at hand.With Andy's gold-lust out of control and his desire for Marly unabated, the time comes when friend must turn against friend, even if only guns can sever the bond between them.
Author : Clarence G. Grant
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN :