"Horse Stories"

by Valora Tree

He was a scruffy, muddy, long-suffering ten-month-old colt living his first winter out in the open, and she, a woman who wondered if it were folly to go back to a dream from her childhood: to raise an Arabian horse from a baby, one that would be truly hers in every sense of the word. Such yearnings of the heart can become distant memories if not realized when it matters SO much. And therefore she questioned whether or not she should buy him.This book, "Horse Stories", with its photographic illustrations, was probably inspired during the author's youth when receiving the gift of a book about horses--any kind of book--was the most welcomed present of all. She remembers two such publications, both large thin hardcover editions, illustrated with black and white photographs of the horses in question. They were non-fiction stories, one about a baby horse, and the other of a grown stallion. Since Valora was allready an avid photographer when Jr. came home, taking pictures of her growing Arabian was second nature. And so, perhaps because of this photographic record, she thought she'd try to create her own biographic book in memoriam of the twenty-one years spent with her fond friend.A neighbor, given Valora's manuscript to read, thought people would not believe any horse would do some of the things this one did in these stories. But Arabians are known to be the German Shepherds of the horse world. A harmonizing of hearts and minds, animal and human, can indeed result in some astounding behavior, especially when the horse's essential nature has been encouraged to blossom from the start.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497521815
• ISBN13: 9781497521810
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"