From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1999:

Spoken in Whispers:
The Autobiography of a
Horse Whisperer
by Nicci Mackay
Fireside Books (c/o Simon & Schuster,
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, NY 10020), 1998.
190 pages. Paperback, $11.00.

After the success of Nicholas
Evans’ The Horse Whisperer, followed by
Robert Redford’s spin on this best-selling
novel, it’s no surprise that others have
jumped on the bandwagon. Use of the term
“whisperer” virtually guarantees a best-seller––as
Monty Roberts recognized in quickly
adding a gold seal to the cover of his book,
The Man Who Listens to Horses, proclaiming
himself “A Real Horse Whisperer.”

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1998:

The Whole Horse Catalog
(REVISED AND UPDATED)
Steven D. Price, Editorial Director, with Barbara Burn,
Gail Rentsch, and David A. Spector. Illustrations by Werner Rentsch.
Fireside Books (Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10020), 1998. 351 oversized pages, paperback, $20.00.

The Horse: The Most Abused Domestic Animal
by Greta Bunting
(POB 12195, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-2195), 1998.
68 pages, paperback, $13.86.

I write a lot about horse protection
issues, especially pertaining to wild horses,
and have for many years, but I don’t ride,
never have, never wanted to, and will freely
admit that what I know about the practical
aspects of horsekeeping is chiefly jackdookey––i.e.
the stuff I shovel each morning.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November 1998:

Problem Solving
by Marty Marten
Western Horseman (POB 7980, Colorado Springs, CO 80933),
1998. 247 pages, paperback;
$17.95 plus $2.00 postage and handling

Marty Marten, a Colorado
horse trainer, has worked around
horses for almost as long as he has
been alive––but unlike the authors of
other recent popular horse how-to
books, he does not waste time and
pages telling his life story.
Instead, he presents workable
and humane approaches to the
seven problems which tend to generate
the most complaints to humane
organizations about horse abuse:
crossing water, spooking, hard-tocatch
and herd-bound horses, barn
sourness, pulling back while tied,
and the most stressful issue of all,
trailer loading.

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