Confessions of a Horseshoer

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Animals, Horses, Pets, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Ron Tatum ISBN: 9781574414615
Publisher: University of North Texas Press Publication: May 15, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Ron Tatum
ISBN: 9781574414615
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Publication: May 15, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
Confessions of a Horseshoer offers a close and personal look at the mind-set of a professional horseshoer (farrier) who also happens to be a college professor. The book, an ironic and playful view of the many unusual animals (and people) Ron Tatum has encountered over thirty-seven years, is nicely balanced between straightforward presentation, self-effacing humor, and lightly seasoned wisdom. It captures the day-to-day life of a somewhat cantankerous old guy, who has attitude and strong opinions. Throughout the book, Tatum ponders the causes that led him into the apparently opposing worlds of horseshoeing, with its mud, pain, and danger, and the bookish life of a college professor. He tells the reader that it is his hope that writing the book will help him understand this apparent paradox between the physical and the mental. Tatum provides a detailed description of the horseshoeing process, its history, and why horses need shoes in the first place. The reader will learn about the dangers of shoeing horses in Injuries I Have Known, in which Tatum describes one particular self-inflicted injury that he claims no other horseshoer has ever, or will ever, experience. Eight Week Syndrome demonstrates the close, often therapeutic, relationship between the horseshoer and his or her customers. Tatum relates the story of an old Wyoming cowboy who could talk with horses, and consistently cure their injuries, lameness, and other physical problems after the veterinarians had given up. The humor in the chapters on chickens and rabbits will entertain any reader, as well as the sections on various dogs, ducks, llamas, goats, flies, and a sexually disoriented pig. Readers of western life and lovers of horses will find Confessions of a Horseshoer an informative, quirky, and delightful work full of humor, attitude, and off-beat insight. As I read of Ron's experiences as a horseshoer, my own personal catastrophes kept popping up. It was such a good story that I filmed it for my television program. The book was great, but Ron never answered the eternal question, Why do some people become horseshoers? For myself, I can only explain it by asking, Why do some dogs chase cars?Baxter Black, Cowboy Poet, Former Large Animal Veterinarian, and part-time horseshoer Here now is the only book about horseshoeing you will ever need. Ron Tatum has created a magic mix of great information and terrific storiesall told with superb writing and fun spice.Jim Lehrer, executive editor and former news anchor for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
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Confessions of a Horseshoer offers a close and personal look at the mind-set of a professional horseshoer (farrier) who also happens to be a college professor. The book, an ironic and playful view of the many unusual animals (and people) Ron Tatum has encountered over thirty-seven years, is nicely balanced between straightforward presentation, self-effacing humor, and lightly seasoned wisdom. It captures the day-to-day life of a somewhat cantankerous old guy, who has attitude and strong opinions. Throughout the book, Tatum ponders the causes that led him into the apparently opposing worlds of horseshoeing, with its mud, pain, and danger, and the bookish life of a college professor. He tells the reader that it is his hope that writing the book will help him understand this apparent paradox between the physical and the mental. Tatum provides a detailed description of the horseshoeing process, its history, and why horses need shoes in the first place. The reader will learn about the dangers of shoeing horses in Injuries I Have Known, in which Tatum describes one particular self-inflicted injury that he claims no other horseshoer has ever, or will ever, experience. Eight Week Syndrome demonstrates the close, often therapeutic, relationship between the horseshoer and his or her customers. Tatum relates the story of an old Wyoming cowboy who could talk with horses, and consistently cure their injuries, lameness, and other physical problems after the veterinarians had given up. The humor in the chapters on chickens and rabbits will entertain any reader, as well as the sections on various dogs, ducks, llamas, goats, flies, and a sexually disoriented pig. Readers of western life and lovers of horses will find Confessions of a Horseshoer an informative, quirky, and delightful work full of humor, attitude, and off-beat insight. As I read of Ron's experiences as a horseshoer, my own personal catastrophes kept popping up. It was such a good story that I filmed it for my television program. The book was great, but Ron never answered the eternal question, Why do some people become horseshoers? For myself, I can only explain it by asking, Why do some dogs chase cars?Baxter Black, Cowboy Poet, Former Large Animal Veterinarian, and part-time horseshoer Here now is the only book about horseshoeing you will ever need. Ron Tatum has created a magic mix of great information and terrific storiesall told with superb writing and fun spice.Jim Lehrer, executive editor and former news anchor for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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