| Description |
1 online resource (267 pages) |
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Western Life |
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Western Life
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; 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; PHOTO GALLERY; More Injuries and Violence; (Why Horseshoers Are Always Late); Ponies; Welsh Ponies; Insensitivity?; Flies |
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The Marin County RodeoThe 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; Two People and Three Cats; The Pig Who Thought He Could; More Pig Stories; Youth Rodeo; The Youngest Cowboy; Graduation; Dad; The Eight-Week Syndrome |
| Summary |
Confessions of a Horseshoer offers a close and personal look at the mind-set of a professional horseshoer (farrier) who also happens to be a college professor. The book, an ironic and playful view of the many unusual animals (and people) Ron Tatum has encountered over thirty-seven years, is nicely balanced between straightforward presentation, self-effacing humor, and lightly seasoned wisdom. It captures the day-to-day life of a somewhat cantankerous old guy, who has attitude and strong opinions. Tatum provides a detailed description of the horseshoeing process, its history, and why horses nee |
| Analysis |
Multi-User |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tatum, Ron, 1933-
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College teachers -- Oregon -- Biography
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Fathers and sons.
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Horseshoeing -- California
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Horseshoeing -- Oregon
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Horseshoers -- Oregon -- Biography
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Horseshoers -- Social life and customs
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
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College teachers
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Fathers and sons
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Horseshoeing
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Horseshoers
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Health & Biological Sciences.
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Veterinary Medicine.
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California
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Oregon
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012002038 |
| ISBN |
9781574414615 |
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1574414615 |
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128392434X |
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9781283924344 |
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1574414534 |
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9781574414530 |
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