Monty Roberts has traveled the world working with difficult horses. He has trained Queen Elizabeth's yearlings, jittery stallions on movie sets, and million-dollar race horses. In each case, he controls the animal without using force or inflicting pain. Monty's father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery that changed his life. As he watched a mare tame a rebellious colt, Monty saw that she was speaking to it through eye and body movements. Astonished, Monty realized that he could train horses by using their language, speaking to them in ways that would form trust and understanding. Developing techniques based on what he learned from the horses around him, Monty embarked on a remarkable career-one that would bring him international fame as the real Horse Whisperer. Now, in his own words, he shares the story of his memorable life. An immediate best-seller, The Man Who Listens to Horses is filled with courage, compassion, and Roberts' vast affection for his best friend, the horse.
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“His portrait of the business of breeding and training
horses is frank and fascinating, but the book’s most memorable passages cover
rodeos and horse business in the west as it was in the author’s youth, and
include a haunting portrait of his violent, racist father and some of the other
remarkable figures Roberts knew (including a young James Dean). Over and above
everything, though, is Roberts’ surpassing love for horses, captured here in
his evocations of the horses he has trained over a career spanning four
decades.”
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Kirkus Reviews