The Faraway Horses
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585743526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Discipline and kindness, not fear and cruelty" according to Nicole Marie, MFA. "Horses and life - it's all the same to me." -Buck BrannamanThe Faraway Horses is a courageous and deeply moving autobiographical account of Buck Brannaman's painful childhood along with the enduring lessons he learned from his foster family and the legendary equestrian, Ray Hunt. Buck describes his life after the heartbreaking failure of his first marriage and the redemption found in . Jennifer Kinyon said Four Stars. good story. "For the love of horses." according to Maureen kennedy. This book is about one phenominal human being who truly lives his life for the betterment of horses everywhere. Drawing from his early life experiences, he has figured a way to show horses that he is a partner and not a dominance in their lives.Having spent four days at one of his clinics, I can attest that the man is honest to the core when it comes to his passion, the horse!
"Buck Brannaman is no ordinary horseman."--Smithsonian magazine
In "The Faraway Horses", Buck recounts his moving, inspiring and often-humorous adventures along the way. Buck's skill at starting young horses off right and reforming troubled horses has become legendary (indeed, the main character in the best-seller and movie "The Horse Whisperer" was based largely on him), and part of the reason is that he knows firsthand how a frightened horse feels. Nearly every week of the year, Buck Brannaman is on the road, conducting horsemanship clinics in which he teaches horse owners how to better understand and work with their animals, creating a relationship based on trust and respect rather than force. He tells of the owners he's taught (from the good to the horrifying, such as the trainer who used abuse to make her show Arabians look "spirited"), and shares stories of the horse-rider relationships he's changed. He writes of the horses he's learned from - including B