The Man Who Listens To Horses [SIGNED]

Roberts, Monty

Published by Random House, New York, 1997

About this Item

Fine unread condition brown boards, aqua blue spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Lawrence Scanlan; Appendix: Join Up: A Step-by-Step Guide; Afterword; and For More Information. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Signed by the author with thick black Sharpie/marker at the lower section of the full title page. "Monty Roberts' book The Man Who Listens to Horses has inspired me to the depths of my soul. Observing Monty's philosophy and method of working with horses and people is one of the most profoundly deep, awe-inspiring, and heart-opening experiences I've ever witnesses. I highly recommend this book to everyone." - Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. "Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer - and American original whose gentle training methods reveal the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled, and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing "horse sense" is based on a lifetime of experience. Roberts started riding at the age of two, and at the age of thirteen he went alone into the high deserts of Nevada to study mustangs in the wild. What he learned there changed his life forever. Monty Roberts has spent his whole life working with horses - schooling them, listening to them, and learning their ancient equine language. In The Man Who Listens to Horses, he tells about his early days as a rodeo rider in California, his problems with his violent horse-trainer father, who was unwilling to accept Monty's unconventional training methods, his friendship with James Dean, his struggle to be accepted in the professional horse-training community, and the invitation that changed his life - to demonstrate his method of "join-up" to the Queen of England. From his groundbreaking work with horses, Roberts has acquired an unprecedented understanding of nonverbal communication, and understanding that applies to human relationships as well. He has shown that between parent and child, employee and employer (he's worked with over 250 corporations, including General Motors, IBM, Disney, and Merrill Lynch), and abuser and abused, there are forms of communication far stronger than the spoken word and that they are accessible to all who will learn to listen. This inspirational and gentle man, first introduced to the American public on Dateline NBC, is part James Herriot, part Bill Gates, and part John Wayne. And his story is one you will never forget." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 008492

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Man Who Listens To Horses [SIGNED]

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)