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GIVE ME MOUNTAINS FOR MY HORSES
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Paperback |
120 pages |
$9.95 |
ISBN: 1-931832-63-3 |
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Book
Description
Tom Reed (Great Wyoming Bear
Stories) has a real affinity for horses and wilderness,
and it shows on every page in his true tales about trail
riding, horse packing, and great mountain horses. Horse
lovers will love this book, but Tom’s writing is
transcendent. Even if you have never saddled up, you
will be drawn into these heart-tugging stories of special
horses, their remarkable abilities, and the inescapable
bonds that develop between horses and humans.
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About
the Author
A life-long Westerner, Tom Reed is the
author of two books. In 2003, he wrote Great Wyoming Bear
Stories, a work compiled through dozens of personal interviews
with people whose lives had been changed — positively
and negatively — by Wyoming bruins.
Most recently, he wrote Give Me Mountains
For My Horses, a collection of essays about horses that
Reed has owned in his lifetime. The personal essays follow
Reed’s evolution as a horseman, with a particular
emphasis on wild Wyoming country and good equine companionship.
Both books were published by Riverbend Publishing, Helena,
Montana.
His fiction and nonfiction work has also
appeared in several anthologies. Reed at one time was the
managing editor for the Lander Journal, and served as Senior
Editor for Wyoming Wildlife magazine. In addition, he was
the Publications Manager for NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership
School) for nearly ten years. He is a regular columnist
of Wyoming Wildlife News and has won multiple awards from
the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, the Association for Conservation
Information, the Colorado Press Association and the Wyoming
Press Association. He attended the prestigious Bread Loaf
Writer’s Conference at Middlebury College in 2001.
He currently splits his time between Montana and Wyoming.
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Reviews
National
Outdoor Leadership School
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Remarks
made upon the death of Senator Craig Thomas
on the senate floor with a reference to GIVE ME MOUNTAINS
FOR MY HORSES
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Press
Release
Backcountry horses inspire author
Horse lovers and others will enjoy new book
Montana author Tom Reed has a real affinity for horses and
wilderness and it shows on every page of his new book, “Give
me Mountains for my Horses: Journeys of a Backcountry Horseman.”
Horse lovers
will love the way Reed understands horses and describes their individual personalities,
but even readers who have never saddled up will enjoy Reed’s
fine writing and his exceptional ability to tell a story. Readers
are drawn into memorable true tales of special horses, their
remarkable abilities, and the inescapable bonds that develop
between horses and humans.
Most of
the stories take place in the Greater Yellowstone backcountry. One chapter
is about “Lad,” a big white horse that out walks all other horses
and draws admiration from everyone. There is “Jade,” a “mountain
lady” that is safe, secure, and uncanny in her ability
to follow lost trails. There are stories about buying and selling
horses, mishaps about packing horses, and trusting a good horse
to get you home.
The
slim volume sells for $10. It would make a great stocking
stuffer or an easy book to read by a warm fire on a cold winter
night. It is available at bookstores or by calling Riverbend
Publishing in Helena toll-free 1-866-787-2363.
Reed currently
lives in Bozeman where he spends as much time on horseback
as he can. He is also the author of Great Wyoming Bear Stories.
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