Smoky the Cowhorse
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4.8 • 10 Ratings
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- $0.99
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- $0.99
Publisher Description
This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse. The experiences of a fascinating horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.
Customer Reviews
This Book Was and Is Everything to Me
My Christmas present to myself this year was to buy and re-read this book I loved so much in my childhood, when I must’ve checked it out at least 10 times from the library. It was everything I remembered, and more.
Years after enjoying this book in the grade school library, I was lucky enough to learn to ride on a Mustang that had been trained in much the same way the Clint gently acclimates young Smoky, and that horse had a twinkle in his eye and would spook playfully well into his 30s. The horsemanship and love are even more clear to me now than they were when I was a kid.
There’s so much here beyond a horse story, and because this Apple edition includes the author’s outstanding original illustrations, this is an absolute steal at 99 cents. It’s a scenic ride that’s partly an adventure, partly a love story for the range and its horses, partly about recovering from trauma, and 100% about never giving up hope.