TY - BOOK AU - Tatum,Ron ED - Project Muse. TI - Confessions of a horseshoer T2 - Number 8 in the Western life series SN - 9781574414615 AV - SF907 .T38 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Denton, Tex. PB - University of North Texas Press KW - Tatum, Ron, KW - Fathers and sons KW - Horseshoeing KW - Oregon KW - California KW - Horseshoers KW - Social life and customs KW - College teachers KW - Biography KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Reflections before charging ahead -- The first horse -- Starting out -- What do horses in the wild do? -- Recalcitrant horses -- Other ways to get the job done -- A Wyoming cowboy -- Druids, Celts, and blacksmiths -- Horses and marines -- Going it alone -- The job -- The tools of the trade -- Forges -- What the well-dressed horseshoer wears -- Weather -- Injuries I have known -- Different kinds of wrecks -- Exercise -- Disclaimer -- Another disclaimer -- More injuries and violence (why horseshoers are always late) -- Ponies -- Welsh ponies -- Insensitivity? -- Flies -- The Marin County rodeo -- The newspaper reporter -- The bad job? -- A different kind of bad job -- Crime in a small town -- The bird man -- Culinary aspects -- People and their animals -- Nicky, miscellaneous dumb dogs, and other animals -- Nicky, my regular horseshoeing dog -- Lucy -- German shepherds, ducks, cats, and wild turkeys -- More dogs -- The dog named Gus -- Even more dog stories -- Other kinds of creatures -- The donkey and the spearcarrier -- Chickens -- Rabbits -- People and three cats -- The pig who thought he could -- More pig stories -- Youth rodeo -- The youngest cowboy -- Graduation -- Dad -- The eight-week syndrome UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414615/ ER -