ONE OF USA TODAY'S "20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS" In the
bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and
Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist
explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with
horses. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven
million horses in America-even more than when they were the only
means of transportation-and nearly two million horse owners.
Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of
them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and
hasn't stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and
moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people
who-like her-are obsessed with them. It is also a coming-of-age
story of Nir growing up an outsider within the world's most elite
inner circles, and finding her true north in horses. Nir takes
readers into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and
profiles some of its most captivating figures. We meet Monty
Roberts, the California trainer whose prowess earned him the
nickname "the man who listens to horses," and his pet deer; George
and Ann Blair, who at their riding academy on a tiny island in
Manhattan's Harlem River seek to resurrect the erased legacy of the
African American cowboy; and Francesca Kelly, whose love for an
Indian nobleman shaped her life's mission: to protect an endangered
Indian breed of horse and bring them to America. Woven into these
compelling character studies, Nir shares her own moving personal
narrative. She details her father's harrowing tale of surviving the
Holocaust, and describes an enchanted but deeply lonely upbringing
in Manhattan, where horses became her family. She found them even
in the middle of the city, in a stable disguised in an old
townhouse and in Central Park, when she chased down truants as an
auxiliary mounted patrol officer. And she speaks candidly of how
horses have helped her overcome heartbreak and loss. Infused with
heart and wit, and with each chapter named after a horse Nir has
loved, Horse Crazy is an unforgettable blend of beautifully written
memoir and first-rate reporting.
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