Title: Well written fiction?
Product review: I read this book when it first hit the bookstores. Shortly thereafter it came to my attention that the author's claims may be mostly fiction. Certainly, it has been proven beyond any doubt that the author did not invent what he calls "join up" and it appears very likely that he learned the procedure from his father who may actually have been a very kind and humane man. There was an expose about the book in Horse & Rider magazine, Feb. 1999, and Time magazine and the San Francisco Examiner also published articles that cast suspicion on the truthfulness of this book. The author's aunt and cousin have published a book that offers alternate testimonies, Horse Whispers & Lies.I would also like to point out that horsemen have always looked for more effective and safer ways to train horses and that we did NOT all beat on our horses until the author showed us the error of our ways. The supposed "traditional" method of horse "breaking" is largely the invention of Hollywood movies.
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