Confessions of a horseshoer [electronic resource] / by Ron Tatum.

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.

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