Spirit of the horse : a celebration in fact and fable

Spirit of the horse A celebration in fact and fable

William Shatner

Book - 2017

From his first time riding as a child, Shatner has felt a deep love for horses. He shares his joy-- with children, veterans, those with disabilities, and many more-- through the annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show. Here, he speaks from the heart about the effect horses have had on his life and on the lives of others. The anecdotes are paired with classic horse stories, including retellings of the Pegasus myth and the feats of the most famous war horses throughout history. Celebrate the connection between humans and horses-- and the power, courage, mindfulness, and healing that they can inspire in us.

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Subjects
Shatner, William.
Horses > Literary collections.
Horses > Folklore.
Horses in literature.
Human-animal relationships.
Actors > Canada > Biography.
Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
William Shatner (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
viii, 292 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781250130020
  • Introduction: The Zen of Risk
  • The Four-Legged Olympian
  • Tachyhippodamia
  • My First Time
  • Experience of Two Boys in Managing Horses, with Many Anecdotes of Quadrupedal Intelligence
  • The Winged Horse
  • Pegaus, the Horse Who Could Fly
  • The Horse and the Olive
  • The Horse, Hunter, and Stag
  • The World is a Carousel
  • The Fox and the Horse by the
  • The Black Horse
  • Alexander and Bucephalus
  • The War Horse of Alexander edited
  • Of War Horses, or Destriers
  • Wild Horses
  • Gullivers Travels
  • Horsing Around on the Set
  • The Horseman in the Sky
  • The Mind of the Horse
  • Mr. Stiver's Horse
  • The Horse as Hero ... Not
  • Don't Look a Gift-Horse in the Mouth
  • My Great Day
  • Samuel Cowles and His Horse Royal
  • To Horse
  • Blind Faith
  • "White Dandy"; or, Master and I
  • The Stable as Cathedral
  • A Race Horse That Paid a Church Debt
  • The Reign of the Reining Horse
  • Only the Mare
  • Little Sure Shot
  • The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide, An Autobiography
  • The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures; or, Shirley Willing to the Rescue
  • Born in the Saddle
  • How the Old Horse Won the Bet
  • Four Horses and a Sailor
  • The Uncertainty Factor
  • A Military Steeple-Chase
  • Our Horses, Our Selves
  • "Whooping" a Race-Horse Under the Wire
  • The Spirituality of the Horse
Review by Booklist Review

Shatner, whose last book was a touching tribute to his friend and Star Trek costar, Leonard (2016), now turns his attention to his love of horses, which began at 12 when he scraped together the money for a ride on a rental horse. Shatner and coauthor Rovin combine personal anecdotes of Shatner's life and tales of real and fictional horses as well as excerpts from source material. The selections include everything from several pages of a horse training manual to a fable from Aesop to a passage from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels featuring sentient horses. Shatner's devoted Star Trek fans will, of course, be wondering how many Star Trek references they'll find in these pages, and the answer is, not many, though Shatner does share his on-set encounters with horses, including one from the episode, Shore Leave. From celebrating famous riders like Alexander the Great and Annie Oakley to acknowledging sobering tragedies like the accident that left Christopher Reeve paralyzed, Shatner puts forth a lovely look at the influence and importance of horses.--Huntley, Kristine Copyright 2010 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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