Dark Horses and Black Beauties
Author(s): Melissa Holbrook Pierson
This work examines the fascination and romance that is evident in every horse and pony club in the western hemisphere. Holbrook writes about her obsession with boots, the willingness to get dirty, live with manure and to polish leather until it shines.
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'This is a book to cherish. Holbrook Pierson explores the romance and fascination that ponies have always held for the female sex. As a celebration of the horse, this book couldn't be bettered: literate, informative and amusing, it makes the perfect pony substitute' Marie Claire 'At first I wanted to hate this book on two grounds; first, because I wish I'd written it, and secondly, because I didn't believe Pierson could be as passionate as I am. But she is. She has the rare ability to write about horses in a way that doesn't make readers, horse-lovers though they may be, cringe...A beautiful book' Lucy Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
Melissa Holbrook Pierson is the author of The Perfect Vehicle, an acclaimed book about women and motorbikes which is published by Granta Books. She lives in New York.
General Fields
- :
- : granpb
- : granpb
- : 0.19
- : 17 April 2002
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Melissa Holbrook Pierson
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : 636.1
- : 256
- : illustrations