Confessions of a Horseshoer /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tatum, Ron, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Western life series ; no. 8.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tatum, Ron, > 1955-
Fathers and sons.
Horseshoeing > Oregon.
Horseshoeing > California.
Horseshoers > Social life and customs.
College teachers > Oregon > Biography.
Horseshoers > Oregon > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reflections before charging ahead
  • The first horse
  • Starting out
  • What do horses in the wild do?
  • Recalcitrant horses
  • Other ways to get the job done
  • A Wyoming cowboy
  • Druids, Celts, and blacksmiths
  • Horses and marines
  • Going it alone
  • The job
  • The tools of the trade
  • Forges
  • What the well-dressed horseshoer wears
  • Weather
  • Injuries I have known
  • Different kinds of wrecks
  • Exercise
  • Disclaimer
  • Another disclaimer
  • More injuries and violence (why horseshoers are always late)
  • Ponies
  • Welsh ponies
  • Insensitivity?
  • Flies
  • The Marin County rodeo
  • The newspaper reporter
  • The bad job?
  • A different kind of bad job
  • Crime in a small town
  • The bird man
  • Culinary aspects
  • People and their animals
  • Nicky, miscellaneous dumb dogs, and other animals
  • Nicky, my regular horseshoeing dog
  • Lucy
  • German shepherds, ducks, cats, and wild turkeys
  • More dogs
  • The dog named Gus
  • Even more dog stories
  • Other kinds of creatures
  • The donkey and the spearcarrier
  • Chickens
  • Rabbits
  • People and three cats
  • The pig who thought he could
  • More pig stories
  • Youth rodeo
  • The youngest cowboy
  • Graduation
  • Dad
  • The eight-week syndrome.

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