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Author:   Steven D. Price
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   The Lyons Press
Edition:   Messianic ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9781592280117

ISBN 10:   1592280110
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 May 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.............................................ix Mr. T's Heart.............................................1................ Jane Smiley The Lady Who Rides to Hounds...........7................Anthony Trollope Pure Heart..................................................12..............William Nack Nona Garson.............................................27...............Nancy Jaffer A Royal Rip-off at Kingdom Hill............32...............Dick Francis Breakneck Hill...........................................40...............Esther Forbes The Horse Whisperer..............................49...............Paul Trachtman A Vote for Ta Wee...................................61...............Red Smith The Imperial Spanish Riding School.....64...............Felix Salten Sleeping Sickness.....................................69..............Ben Green Tallyho and Tribulation...........................81..............Stephen Budiansky Why Is It that Girls Love Horses?.........89..............Maxine Kumin Mustard-Pot, Matchmaker......................94..............Gilbert Frankau Horses and Horsemen.............................108............Andy Russell All Horse Players Die Broke...................114............Damon Runyon Dreaming...................................................128.............Bill Barich Was There A Horse with Wings?.........136............Beryl Markham On Winning..............................................145............William Steinkraus Buster........................................................149............Tom McGuane All Things Bright and Beautiful............161............James Herriot Tips on Horses.........................................171...........Ring Lardner The Champion...........................................173..........Gene Smith School Horses...........................................183..........Colonel Alois Podhajsky Horsefolk are Different.............................203..........Cooky McClung The Diverting History of John Gilpin.....207..........William Cowper Tip on a Lost Race....................................216..........CArey Winfrey The Ponies are Talking.............................221..........Holly Menino Personals....................................................236...........Melissa Pierson Good Horse Keeping................................242...........Paul Zarzyski Two Sisters................................................251...........Ellie Phayer Acknowledgments....................................254

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Editor Steven D. Price has collected stories that will make you laugh, cry and just shake your head in wonder.Some of the stories are, as the headline promises, truly gems of equestrian writing. -- The Chronicle Of The Horse

Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is THE GREATEST (fill in the blank) STORIES EVER TOLD, anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading. -- The Lexington County Chronicle <br>

Editor Steven D. Price has collected stories that will make you laugh, cry and just shake your head in wonder.Some of the stories are, as the headline promises, truly gems of equestrian writing. <br>-- The Chronicle Of The Horse <br><br>

""Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is ""THE GREATEST (fill in the blank) STORIES EVER TOLD"", anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading."" --The Lexington County Chronicle

Author Information

Steven D. Price is the author of eighteen books on equestrian subjects, including The Horsemans Illustrated Dictionary), The Quotable Horse Lover and The American Quarter Horse

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