TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNeil,Jesse Alexander
TI  - On The Hoof: A 3,800-Mile Adventure, Pacific To Atlantic 
SN  - 9781570769771
AV  - SF309.255 .M39 2020
U1  - 636.1 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - North Pomfret, Vermont
PB  - Trafalgar Square Books
KW  - McNeil, Jesse Alexander
KW  - Travel with horses
KW  - United States
KW  - Independent travel
KW  - Travel
KW  - Description and travel
N1  - Travail and Balance: Oregon, California, Nevada -- Today's West: Idaho, Wyoming -- The Cart: Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio -- Hills and Roads: Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
N2  - "At 37 Jesse McNeil-at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate-decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a horseman, and ride all the way across the United States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. A fiercely independent traveler, Jesse had navigated previous coast-to-coast trips-solo journeys by moped, bicycle, and small airplane. This time, however, he had a partner: a five-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse named Pepper. An inexperienced horseman with an equally inexperienced mount, Jesse would quickly discover the immense challenges of his new undertaking. Over the course of eight months and fourteen states-beginning in Oregon and ending on a beach in New Hampshire-he would be tested many times over as he learned not only what it took to keep Pepper safe and healthy, but the true value of qualities that he had once easily dismissed: patience and companionship"--
ER  -