On the hoof : a 3,800-mile adventure, Pacific to Atlantic / Jesse Alexander McNeil.

By:

McNeil, Jesse Alexander [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: North pomfret, VT : Trafalgar Square, 2020.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9781570769771
1646010752

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: On the hoof.DDC classification:

636.1 23

Partial contents:

Travail and Balance: Oregon, California, Nevada -- Today's West: Idaho, Wyoming -- The Cart: Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio -- Hills and Roads: Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire.

Summary: "At 37 Jesse McNeil-at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate-decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a horseman, and ride all the way across the United States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. A fiercely independent traveler, Jesse had navigated previous coast-to-coast trips-solo journeys by moped, bicycle, and small airplane. This time, however, he had a partner: a five-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse named Pepper. An inexperienced horseman with an equally inexperienced mount, Jesse would quickly discover the immense challenges of his new undertaking. Over the course of eight months and fourteen states-beginning in Oregon and ending on a beach in New Hampshire-he would be tested many times over as he learned not only what it took to keep Pepper safe and healthy, but the true value of qualities that he had once easily dismissed: patience and companionship"--

List(s) this item appears in: ANF-New Adult Non-Fiction

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Big Room	Non-fiction	A 636.1 MCN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	01/13/2023	34258000342919

Total holds: 0

"At 37 Jesse McNeil-at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate-decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a horseman, and ride all the way across the United States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. A fiercely independent traveler, Jesse had navigated previous coast-to-coast trips-solo journeys by moped, bicycle, and small airplane. This time, however, he had a partner: a five-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse named Pepper. An inexperienced horseman with an equally inexperienced mount, Jesse would quickly discover the immense challenges of his new undertaking. Over the course of eight months and fourteen states-beginning in Oregon and ending on a beach in New Hampshire-he would be tested many times over as he learned not only what it took to keep Pepper safe and healthy, but the true value of qualities that he had once easily dismissed: patience and companionship"--