Lone Cone Library

A surprise birthday gift plunged Joe Camp and his wife, Kathleen, into the world of horses as complete neophytes without a clue as to what horses needed or wanted. The Camps went searching for logic and sense in the rule books of traditional horse care, and what they found was not what they had expected. This memoir leads us on a voyage of discovery as Joe and Kathleen navigate uncharted, often politically incorrect territory on their way to achieving...

Nine essays about horses and horsemen the author has known.

A youngster outgrows carved ponies and stuffed ponies, and finally he wants a gray pony, with spots, please, and alive.

Describes the physical characteristics, history, and behavior of horses and discusses their interactions with humans.

Twelve year old Matt Del Toro is the greenest greenhorn in his family's centuries-old business: riding down and destroying wolf-like monsters, known as skinners. Now, with those creatures multiplying, both in number and ferocity, Matt must saddle up and match his father's skills at monster whacking. Odds of doing that? Yeah, about a trillion to one. Because Matt's father is the legendary Javier Del Toro--hunter, scholar, and a true caballero: a gentleman...

When Alec receives the black stallion's first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan is a dangerous and unpredictable horse.

Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse.

A novel about the plight of the American wild horse, of clashing cultures and spirituality, of a world out of balance. It is a story of the strength to care, of the courage to stand up against an overwhelming tide of greed and arrogance: it is the story of the plight of the American West, and in may respects, of the plight of mankind. Ultimately it is a story of choice: will we, as a species, choose to look only inward, mesmerized by our own cleverness,...

Pitch and Steve's secret island valley is discovered and invaded by a hard and vicious man, who is a threat to the island stallion and his band.

Introduces this familiar farm animal, exploring birth, growth, living conditions, and uses of the horse.