Amazon.com Review
If there's a budding cowpoke -- boy or girl -- in your corral, pardner, rope 'em in and set 'em down a spell with this collection of essays and pictures. Ehrlich and her contributors, including novelist Thomas McGuane and environmentalist Dayton O. Hyde, ponder "the balancing act between humans and horses" with honesty and humor, and a decided lack of "cowboy glamour." The photographs supplied by Christopher Marona, David Stoecklein and others are a vital part of this compendium, but the word pictures are the focus of the attention.
From School Library Journal
YA-The photos in these three books are so gorgeous that they alone would justify purchase. The essays, excerpted (mostly) from previously published works of nonfiction nature writing, are well chosen and excellently crafted. In the first book, writers from 1795 to the present describe the beauty and majesty of the deserts of the U.S. Southwest, as well as the danger caused by humanity's attempt to shape them to meet its wants. The essays in Ehrlich's collection celebrate the partnership of horse and rider that grows from a combination of intuition, knowledge, trust, and respect. The work of seven photographers graces the nine essays in the Zwingers' book. The selections tell of modern women discovering, in solitude, the power and beauty of the natural world, and of finding their places in it. Concern for the welfare of our natural resources resounds throughout the selections, and could be summed up by the warning to "do no more damage, and heal what you can." All three volumes are real winners.
Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
