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Post by Claire on Dec 22, 2010 11:56:24 GMT 1
Silver brumby books gotta be my number 1!
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 22, 2010 12:53:53 GMT 1
definatly!
I would imagine Misty wouldn't be far behind either.
Also hazel Peel's jago, Fury, untamed although after not thinking much of Pilot or easter I have never read any more of hers (she is republishing Jago and fury next year).
Phantom horse - he was running loose initially anhows and Seaby's books (although I'm a not a fan I must say)
MEP's usually involve wild horses too don't too.
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Post by foxglove on Dec 22, 2010 13:37:30 GMT 1
I love the description of wild horse life in the Flicka series. It was the main reason I spent a summer working in the Rockies (in Colorado though, the job offered in Wyoming had inconvient dates).
I would also suggest The Island Stallion and Ghost Stallion. Both very dramatic with lots of fights.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 13:52:55 GMT 1
The Marvelous Mongolian.
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Post by Claire on Dec 22, 2010 18:35:50 GMT 1
I like Fury and Jago haffy, they're much better than the Ann and Jim books. Reading the 2 books together also gives a good contrast into how human treatment of horses can shape their characters, as both are essentially feisty and wilful but turn out so differently.
Foxglove I much preferred the wild horse bits in the Thunderhead books to the people bits, especially the Ken and whats her face bits (see other thread lol) Envious of your summer in the Rockies! Were you working with horses?
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Post by kunuma on Dec 23, 2010 22:40:03 GMT 1
Black Tiger, Thomas Hinkle Fury, Ghost Horse etc Joseph Chipperfield, though his dog books are much better than his horse ones. The 'other' brumby ones, Mary Patchett The TV Fury books The Champion the Wonder Horse Books
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Post by Claire on Dec 24, 2010 0:29:19 GMT 1
Just found a Fury book in my parent's house it was one of my uncle's school prizes!
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Post by trixiepony on Dec 24, 2010 3:12:07 GMT 1
How about the Black Stallion? I'm shore I remember sum wild horse bits in it, yes Flicka and Thunderhead and co Silver Brumby well of coarse Misty.
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 24, 2010 5:28:56 GMT 1
Agree with the Island Stallion books!
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Post by Claire on Dec 28, 2010 15:59:26 GMT 1
Hmm we dont have many of these. Surely there must be a lot more. Does anyone like the wild horse stories of Helen Griffiths. They're a bit on the depressing side for me.
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Post by trixiepony on Dec 29, 2010 1:13:36 GMT 1
Theres quit a lot off wild horse bits in the Flicka books Thunderhead and Green Grass.
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Post by jinglerebel on Dec 30, 2010 1:04:56 GMT 1
I have The Wild Horse of Santander, recall it being a bit of a downer but will need to re-read.
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 30, 2010 14:30:19 GMT 1
Hmm we dont have many of these. Surely there must be a lot more. Does anyone like the wild horse stories of Helen Griffiths. They're a bit on the depressing side for me. The couple I have are not exactly feel good reads...
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Post by susanb on Dec 30, 2010 16:42:11 GMT 1
I'm afraid one of my favorite wild horse stories is terribly rare, The Mountain Stallion by Logan Forster....part of a four book series of which only the first book, Desert Storm, about the rescue/rehab of an injured TB filly, is fairly available and inexpensive.
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Post by sarah on Jan 3, 2011 21:34:11 GMT 1
I osed to like Helen Griffiths - although I agree they are not feel good reads, but have not read any for ages. You can download Mountain Stallion here - I have read the first three chapters and am enjoying it - only trouble is it makes me want to read his others and they are way out of my budget. www.archive.org/details/mountainstallion009799mbp
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Post by foxglove on Jan 4, 2011 14:46:40 GMT 1
Foxglove I much preferred the wild horse bits in the Thunderhead books to the people bits, especially the Ken and whats her face bits (see other thread lol) Envious of your summer in the Rockies! Were you working with horses? Sadly no, I worked with toilets and bed linen as I was a housekeeper in a motel on the edge of the Rocky Mountain National Park. I did get to go riding in a western saddle on a quarter horse a couple of times though, and went to a rodeo which was amazing. Skewbald runs wild for most of the Alan Seaby book (apart from being branded), and Moorland Mousie starts off with his early wild days. I remember the Wild Horse of Santander being quite depressing, dont' think I read it more than once.
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Post by Claire on Jan 9, 2011 14:24:44 GMT 1
Thought of some more:
Smoky by Will James Snow Cloud Stallion by G. Raftery The Wild White Staliion by Rene Guillot Beyond Rope or Fence & The Ghost Mare by David Grew
Also Irene Makin's short series about a wild Dartmoor mare (Ponies in the Attic & Ponies in Peril)
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Post by Claire on Jan 15, 2011 0:07:53 GMT 1
Hi all just a reminder to vote for this one as not many people have done so yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2011 8:03:24 GMT 1
Thanks for the reminder Claire, I'd completely forgotten this one
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Post by rallycairn on Jan 15, 2011 16:48:27 GMT 1
Although aimed at younger audiences (late elementary or early middle school in the U.S., I don't mean it's a picture book) Rutherford Montgomery's El Blanco: The Legend of the White Stallion is pretty good. I see it's too late for the poll but still wanted to mention it.
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Post by cally on Jan 16, 2011 20:38:30 GMT 1
I'm not into the Mitchell Brumby books myself but I see them around cheap all the time and recently have come across some I've never heard of before (HB, old) so if anyone has any special wants, let me know.
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Post by trixiepony on Jan 17, 2011 1:18:30 GMT 1
Good poll, love my wild horses and ponies.
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