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Post by Claire on Dec 5, 2017 21:07:58 GMT 1
Hi all, Christmas/early winter read this year is the USA horse story Fury and the White Mare by Albert G. Miller. The book can be found easily and is low cost in both the USA, UK & Australia (abe books probably the cheapest). Discussion to start in about 3 weeks time which soould take us into the Christmas holidays and plenty of time to find a copy of the book (maybe from Santa!) and start reading it.
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 6, 2017 5:26:35 GMT 1
I'm not at all familiar with Fury; a bit before my time! Never saw the TV series or read a book. I would normally say it looks pedestrian and cheesy, but Susan's and everyone's recommendation certainly overrides that concern.
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Post by Claire on Dec 6, 2017 23:11:52 GMT 1
Had a look at my bookshelves and I've actually got 5 Fury books! (and read none of 'em yet!) The 3 by Albert Miller, one by Troy Nesbitt and one by William Fenton. The Troy Nesbitt one, The Mystery at Trapper's Hole, was actually passed on from my dad (not a horse story fan - it was a school prize). I vaguely remember the TV show. If anyone would like more info about the books/TV show see my web-page link below: albertgmiller.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/
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Post by brumby on Dec 8, 2017 2:23:28 GMT 1
I have just ordered a copy, so I'm up for the christmas read! Haven't read any of these books but the TV series was a childhood favourite
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Post by darkhorse on Dec 14, 2017 13:06:16 GMT 1
I've ordered a copy of the book from Santa! I remember Champion the Wonder Horse but not sure if I ever saw Fury.
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Post by Claire on Dec 27, 2017 15:01:47 GMT 1
Has anyone read it yet? I'm about half way through, haven't got to the snowy/Christmas bit yet, quite a fun read so far.
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Post by Claire on Dec 28, 2017 14:55:08 GMT 1
Finished it off. Quite a fun fairly light read, quite humourous at times. Aimed more at boys probably with a bit of adventure/danger/illegal logging plot thrown in. The Christmas bit was short and right at the end but it was very Christmassy with lots of snow, and goodwill to all men, and even a foal being born! The characters were good, especially the crusty old Pete who provides a lot of the humour in the book, especially when he locks horns with Aunt Maggie.
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Post by darkhorse on Dec 28, 2017 18:51:19 GMT 1
Just started on it.
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Post by susanb on Dec 29, 2017 22:14:30 GMT 1
Late to the party, as usual . Will read over the next few days though! Have it out on my coffee table now!
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Post by Claire on Dec 29, 2017 23:01:58 GMT 1
Can't believe I'm actually the first to finish for once!
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Post by trixiepony on Dec 30, 2017 12:33:25 GMT 1
Well duneClaire.
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Post by susanb on Dec 31, 2017 20:18:40 GMT 1
bit better than half way through now, and I'm realizing that I haven't read it since childhood....the bit about the dog being named after Bing Crosby flew right over my head then
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Post by Claire on Dec 31, 2017 20:42:00 GMT 1
I liked the dog. Quite funny bit when Doc Beemis gives Joey his money back and says the dog has been driving him close to the loony bin. First time I've read it and it was much better than I thought it would be, and the fact that there was a lot of humour in and a couple of eccentric characters was a bonus.
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Post by susanb on Dec 31, 2017 21:29:26 GMT 1
I thought the dog was fun too....especially the bit with the bath, when they discover that his gray patches were actually white Speaking of color, I was taken aback to see that Jim has light blonde hair....I realized that my mental picture of him comes from the Everett Raymond Kinstler illustrated version of the first book, (as adapted by Alice Thorne), in which he has dark hair. Hopefully will finish it off tomorrow....I have to admit, I've blown a good bit of time over the last couple of days binge-watching the original Hawaii Five-O, trying to imagine myself in the tropics......it's a balmy -11c here right now, with a wind-chill of -19c....and that's as warm as it's getting for the next few days....bleh.
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Post by Claire on Jan 1, 2018 2:37:42 GMT 1
Sadly no illustrations in my edition which is a bit disappointing.
Ooh a bit chilly there Susan, we were down to -9 here a couple of weeks ago but its a bit warmer now (despite having snow - though thankfully not as much as they get in Fury).
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Post by susanb on Jan 1, 2018 21:27:43 GMT 1
I don't think any edition of Fury and the White Mare had illustrations, the book I was referring to is a "picture book" adaptation of the first book, "Fury: Stallion of Broken Wheel Ranch" Here's a link to a copy on ebay: copy of adapted Fury, illustrated by Kinstler, on ebayOver 90 and still painting, he's done several of the official US presidential portraits over the years, as well as a number of celebrity portraits...here's a link to his site, which has some pics: Everett Raymond KinstlerThis is one that's worth seeking out just for the illustrations, which are both black and white and in color, a few double page spreads.
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Post by brumby on Jan 9, 2018 7:37:32 GMT 1
Fury and the white mare just snuck in with a 'very good' I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much so that I have ordered 'Fury stallion of Broken Wheel Ranch' Agree with everything written so far, loved Pete & Crosby, all around very pleasant read an the whole christmas thing was really well handled (not over the top!) Hope you girls are saying warm, was 42c here the other day thankfully it has been cooler since, although heating up later this week, not looking forward to February as its usually the hottest month On the 42c day spent the whole day worrying about the chickens and had to keep traipsing up the back to put the hose on and water the ground so they could take a cool dustbath!
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Post by Claire on Jan 9, 2018 21:08:57 GMT 1
Hi Brumby, yeah you seem to be getting some awful temps over there. Wish I could send you some of our cold air!
I too found the book better than I thought it would be and luckily I have all the other books in the series. Even if I have read the last one first, which is normally a no-no for me. But I just didnt have time to read the others beforehand.
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Post by darkhorse on Jan 9, 2018 22:49:20 GMT 1
I enjoyed the book too. I thought it was a bit slow to start but after you got to know the characters it picked up. I didn't expect it to be so filled with quite funny bits, as those ranch type stories are normally quite serious. Really nasty villain which contrasted with the humour and the Christmas part was nice. It was a very good choice for a winter and Christmas read.
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Post by brumby on Jan 9, 2018 22:52:06 GMT 1
Claire, I just looked at the author info for Alfred G Miller on your website and noticed that some Fury books have been written by other authors, has anyone read any of these are they as good?
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