{"product_id":"wild-hoofbeats-americas-vanishing-wild-horses","title":"Wild Hoofbeats: America's Vanishing Wild Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecipient of the 2008 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Best Photography Honorable mention  Eric Hoffer Award  Art category Recipient of the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards regional award  West-Mountain: Best Regional Non-Fiction National Indie Excellence Awards: Finalist in the Art category Finalist  2009 Benjamin Franklin Awards  Animals\/Pets category Wild horses: bold  elusive  independent. Above all  free. Or are they? Most of us consider wild horses honored emblems of our Western spirit  but some see them as a resource to exploit or even a pest to eliminate. Which are they? For Carol Walker  the photographer and author of Wild Hoofbeats  the answer begins not in abstract argument over symbols and statistics  but with the horses themselves. In images that move fleetly from the pages straight into our hearts  Walker brings to brilliant life the horses of the Adobe Town herd in Wyomings Red Desert  and we gain a priceless perspective on these graceful  courageous animals. Walker gathered these dynamic images over years spent observing (sometimes at a distance  often within a mere stride or two) the bands of the Adobe Town herd. She emerged from her experience with a sense of personal acquaintance with the horses  a deep respect for their social allegiances and intelligence and a heart fully engaged by their plight. As art  the photographs are elegant. As documentary  they are evocative. In every respect  they are indelibly memorable. But Walker doesnt offer just photographs. In quiet  spare prose Walker invites us to journey with her as she meets the horses in the initial blur of mass impression  then band by band  and eventually  individual by individual. We come to recognize each stallion and note as the seasons pass the new battle scars  the special attention each gives to a favorite mare. We understand which mare is tender  which is a disciplinarian with her baby. And of course  we grow attached to the youngsters  first as curious foals  finally as adults venturing into perilous independence. In the final chapters  Walker takes us on the roundup done by the Bureau of Land Management to control herd population  and we hold our breath. Which ones return home to their family bands  and which are separated forever? Ultimately  we are as invested in these horses as if they are our own. So travel with Carol Walker through Wild Hoofbeats  savor every painterly image and every poignant story  but beware: you cannot venture through this book and emerge unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985112199221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0981793649","price":28.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780981793641.jpg?v=1770847212","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wild-hoofbeats-americas-vanishing-wild-horses","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}