The Quotable Horse Lover

by Price, Steven D.

• ISBN13: 9781592280162
• ISBN10: 1592280161
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Horses bring out the best in our kind; they inspire adoration and compassion. They act as both muse and catharsis for artists and writers of all centuries and genres. In the works of Homer, Aesop, Steinbeck, and Yeats, and in sources that range from the Bible and Dante's Inferno to Beryl Markham's West with the Night, references to horses abound. For such show-business personalities as Mr. Ed and Henny Youngman, horses are wonderful fodder. And politics, too, is rife with analogies to the horse, from the words of Winston Churchill to those of Governor Earl Long. The Quotable Horse Lover is the perfect gift for all those who are crazy about these blessed beasts.

Author Biography

STEVEN D. PRICE is the author of fourteen books on equestrian subjects, including the best-sellng The Whole Horse Catalog. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Chronicle of the Horse, Practical Horseman, and America's Horse. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Horses in Literature	1	(118)
Riding and Training	119	(58)
Out of the West	177	(20)
A Shakespearean Interlude	197	(14)
Racing---The Sport of Kings	211	(28)
A Pack of Hunting Quotations	239	(16)
Horse Laughs	255	(20)
Horse Truths	275	(62)
Selected Biographical Notes	337	(30)
Index	367