Confessions of a horseshoer
By: by Ron Tatum
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Number 8 in the Western life series; Western life series -- no. 8.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781574414530; 9781574414615
Subjects: Social life and customs; College teachers; Horseshoeing; Horseshoers; Fathers and sons; Biography
Table of contents: title: Reflections before charging ahead; title: The first horse; title: Starting out; title: What do horses in the wild do?; title: Recalcitrant horses; title: Other ways to get the job done; title: A Wyoming cowboy; title: Druids, Celts, and blacksmiths; title: Horses and marines; title: Going it alone; title: The job; title: The tools of the trade; title: Forges; title: What the well-dressed horseshoer wears; title: Weather; title: Injuries I have known; title: Different kinds of wrecks; title: Exercise; title: Disclaimer; title: Another disclaimer; title: More injuries and violence (why horseshoers are always late); title: Ponies; title: Welsh ponies; title: Insensitivity?; title: Flies; title: The Marin County rodeo; title: The newspaper reporter; title: The bad job?; title: A different kind of bad job; title: Crime in a small town; title: The bird man; title: Culinary aspects; title: People and their animals; title: Nicky, miscellaneous dumb dogs, and other animals; title: Nicky, my regular horseshoeing dog; title: Lucy; title: German shepherds, ducks, cats, and wild turkeys; title: More dogs; title: The dog named Gus; title: Even more dog stories; title: Other kinds of creatures; title: The donkey and the spearcarrier; title: Chickens; title: Rabbits; title: People and three cats; title: The pig who thought he could; title: More pig stories; title: Youth rodeo; title: The youngest cowboy; title: Graduation; title: Dad; title: The eight-week syndrome.