Tom Reed has a real affinity for horses
and wilderness, and it shows on every page in his true
tales about trail riding, horse packing, and great mountain
horses. Even if you have never saddled up, you will be
drawn into these heart-tugging stories of special horses,
their remarkable abilities, and the inescapable bonds that
develop between horses and humans.
“You’ll reach the end of the
book wishing there were a few more chapters, a few more
recollections, a few more horses. If you’ve ever
had the slightest desire to have a horse of your own, this
book is a must-read. It evokes feelings all horse lovers
have felt, whether they could put words to those emotions
or not.”
-Ty Stockton, Wyoming Wildlife
“Every once in a while I come across a book that
swallows me whole. Each time as I reluctantly put it down,
dragging my eyes from the pages leaves me disoriented as
my mind is full of the images that I’ve just read
about. Tom Reed’s latest book is one of those rare
books that takes readers on a journey with each chapter.” -Cara
Eastwood, Wyoming News
About
the Author
A
life-long Westerner, Tom Reed is the author of two books.
In 2003, he wrote Great Wyoming Bear Stories, a work
compiled through dozens of personal interviews with people
whose lives had been changed — positively and negatively — by
Wyoming bruins.
Most recently, he wrote Give Me Mountains
For My Horses, a collection of essays about horses that
Reed has owned in his lifetime.
The personal essays follow
Reed’s evolution as a horseman, with a particular
emphasis on wild Wyoming country and good equine companionship.
Both books were published by Riverbend Publishing, Helena,
Montana. His fiction and nonfiction work has also appeared
in several anthologies. Reed at one time was the managing
editor for the Lander Journal, and served as Senior Editor
for Wyoming Wildlife magazine. In addition, he was the
Publications Manager for NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership
School) for nearly ten years.
He is a regular columnist
of Wyoming Wildlife News and has won multiple awards
from the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, the Association
for Conservation Information, the Colorado Press Association
and the Wyoming Press Association. He attended the prestigious
Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference at Middlebury College
in 2001. He currently splits his time between Montana
and Wyoming.
Press
Release
Backcountry horses inspire author
Horse lovers and others will
enjoy new book
Montana
author Tom Reed has a real affinity for horses and wilderness
and it shows on every page of his new book, “Give
me Mountains for my Horses: Journeys of a Backcountry Horseman.”
Horse
lovers will love the way Reed understands horses and describes
their individual personalities, but even readers who have
never saddled up will enjoy Reed’s fine writing and
his exceptional ability to tell a story. Readers are drawn
into memorable true tales of special horses, their remarkable
abilities, and the inescapable bonds that develop between
horses and humans.
Most
of the stories take place in the Greater Yellowstone backcountry.
One chapter is about “Lad,” a big white horse
that out walks all other horses and draws admiration from
everyone. There is “Jade,” a “mountain
lady” that is safe, secure, and uncanny in her ability
to follow lost trails. There are stories about buying and
selling horses, mishaps about packing horses, and trusting
a good horse to get you home.
The
slim volume sells for $10. It would make a great stocking
stuffer or an easy book to read by a warm fire on a cold
winter night. It is available at bookstores or by calling
Riverbend Publishing in Helena toll-free 1-866-787-2363.
Reed
currently lives in Bozeman where he spends as much time
on horseback as he can. He is also the author of Great
Wyoming Bear Stories.
