This book is not a how to, or a book on technique.  It is a book about the beginning of a learning journey.  The author is not a horseman when he starts, and his begins in natural horsemanship.  As a professional riding instructor and horse trainer, I found this book an enjoyable read as it really helped me revisit being a beginner, and was especially helpful in giving me insight into my adult beginners.  I think it is also a good book for people anywhere on the journey, as the author makes no effort to hide his mistakes or his breakthroughs and knowing other people have the same kinds of ups and downs on their paths is important.

 

 

This is an interesting and entertaining book.  The book is a look at the relationship between horse and man through time.  It contains chapters about horses in early cultures, movies, sport etc. and tells and retells many of the tales us "lifer" horse people heard in our youth.  One of the things I really liked about this book was the extensive references to other works in the text, adding to my list of books to read.  The book is not perfect, it lacks references to western horses, the extensive references to Monty Roberts gets tiresome (the author wrote a book about him), but as an overview of the horse as a part of culture and society it works well.