Great Working Horse Stories

Great Working Horse Stories

Moving first-hand accounts by those who rode, ploughed, hauled and drove this nation to its feet.

As Angela Goode observes: 'When life moved at the speed of a horse- before cars, before computers, telephones, electricity and aircraft- there was time in the cart for story-telling, sharp observations or surroundings and even love.' Now, these beautiful stories of another era have been bought together in one stunning compilation.

With three editions and 25,000 copies sold to date, and with stories stretching over three generation and across every part of our continent, Angela Goode's Great Working Horse Stories is a quintessentially Australian collection of stories.

From Clydesdale to police mounts, Olympic competitions to brumbies; this funny, familiar and deeply moving collection features true stories about horses, told first-hand by the owners who cared for and worked alongside them. Stretching from Alice Springs to Aspley, Coonabarabran to Coffs Harbour, the stories in this anthology cover our vast continent and feature horse-lovers from all walks of live. And, as RM William remarks: 'Time is running out. The men and women of the horse and buggy days are going out with the tide- and soon there will be no-one who remembers'. This book is not just a celebration of our working horses; it is a social history of Australia.

Featuring:
Ten new stories since first published in 1995;
Poetry, vignettes, memoirs and recounts from across the nation; and
A foreword by R M Williams

Angela Goode works on a farm near Naracoorte, South Australia, where cattle graze and bush stone curlews call. She has spent her wiring life bring the images and issues of rural Australia to a wider audience in books, newspaper columns, and on radio. From 1981 to 2008 she wrote a country column for the Advertiser in Adelaide. The many editions of Great Working Dog Stories and Great Working Horse Stories, alongside For Love of the Land, celebrate working lives beyond the cities- where animals and humans are expected to pull their weight. In 2008 she was inducted by Rural Media South Australia as a Rural Media Icon. Angela spent many years in the saddle-mustering buffalo, trail riding on bullock tracks, hunting, jumping logs and sometimes falling off. Her horses know little about hard work these days.

Review: An enchanting look behind some of the most magestic animals that have befriended man, for animal lovers and those who enjoy stories of relationships between man & animals.

Great Working Horse Stories
Allen and Unwin
Author: Angela Goode
Price: $29.99