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Confessions of a horseshoer / by Ron Tatum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tatum, Ron, 1933-
- Series:
- Western life series ; no. 8.
- Number 8 in the Western life series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tatum, Ron, 1933-.
- Tatum, Ron.
- Horseshoers--Oregon--Biography.
- Horseshoers.
- College teachers--Oregon--Biography.
- College teachers.
- Horseshoers--Social life and customs.
- Horseshoeing--California.
- Horseshoeing.
- Horseshoeing--Oregon.
- Fathers and sons.
- Manners and customs.
- Oregon.
- California.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Author Ron Tatum, a college professor and professional horseshoer, also served in the Marine Corps and worked as a Presbyterian minister, a juvenile probation officer, and a drug and alcohol counselor. In this memoir, he writes with humor and wisdom about the people and animals he has worked with. He also considers the paradox of the work of the mind and the practical work in the barn, and describes in detail the process of shoeing horses and its history. The book includes b&w personal photos and photos of horseshoeing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781574414530
- 1574414534
- 9781574414615
- 1574414615
- OCLC:
- 768792453
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