She found them even in the middle of the city, in a stable disguised in an old townhouse and in Central Park, when she chased down truants as an auxiliary mounted patrol officer. She details her fathers harrowing tale of surviving the Holocaust, and describes an enchanted but deeply lonely upbringing in Manhattan, where horses became her family. Woven into these compelling character studies, Nir shares her own moving personal narrative. We meet Monty Roberts, the California trainer whose prowess earned him the nickname the man who listens to horses, and his pet deer George and Ann Blair, who at their riding academy on a tiny island in Manhattans Harlem River seek to resurrect the erased legacy of the African American cowboy and Francesca Kelly, whose love for an Indian nobleman shaped her lifes mission: to protect an endangered Indian breed of horse and bring them to America.

Nir takes readers into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and profiles some of its most captivating figures. It is also a coming-of-age story of Nir growing up an outsider within the worlds most elite inner circles, and finding her true north in horses. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who-like her-are obsessed with them. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasnt stopped since. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America-even more than when they were the only means of transportation-and nearly two million horse owners.

Book Synopsis ONE OF USA TODAYS 20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WONT WANT TO MISS In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with horses. About the Book One illustration of photograph on page ii.

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