Wild Horse Diaries

Hardcover. 330 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Murray, UK, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. Lightly tanned pages. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket is un-clipped. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: An inspirational memoir about taming wild horses and fulfilling impossible dreams 'What that girl needs is a pony.' So said the poet WH Auden to Lizzie Spender's father when Lizzie was eight. Auden backed up his words with a cheque for GBP 50 but the horse never happened. Years later fate presented her with a horse. But fate had been dramatic - it was a wild horse that she'd seen from a helicopter above the red earth of the Kimberley - the ancient, remote, uninhabited north-west of Australia. The owner of the cattle station told Lizzie to consider it hers but Lizzie decided it wasn't enough to know her horse was out there. She wanted to go back and find her horse, catch it, train it, transport it thousands of miles home to Sydney. She turned that dream into a reality in an extraordinary adventure. It was tough, frustrating, and beset with difficulties: an unpunctual horse-whisperer, an Australian outback full of wild creatures, the sheer mechanics of building the yards. But it was also a unique opportunity in which she got to know the wild horses, watched the horse whisperer achieve miracles and took two horses on an arduous journey back to 'civilisation'. From the thrilling epiphany of achieving her dream, to the subtle satisfaction of conquering her doubts, this is an inspirational tale, alive with the character of the Australian outback, one of the last remaining wildernesses. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0719564212. ISBN/EAN: 9780719564215. Inventory No: 24030298. Hardcover

Product Info

ISBN: 0719564212

ISBN-13: 9780719564215

Publisher: John Murray

Year: 2005

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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