The Man Who Listens to Horses

monty roberts

"It all dates from those summers alone in the high desert, me lying on my belly and watching wild horses with my binoculars for hours at a time. Straining to see in the moonlight, striving to fathom mustang ways, I knew instinctively I had chanced upon something important but could not know that it would shape my life. In 1948 I was a boy of thirteen learning the language of horses. . . ."

Genres nonfictionhorsesanimalsbiographymemoirautobiographybiography memoirbook clubnaturehistory

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1,1997

This edition

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: November 28, 1998 by Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345427052
ASIN: 034542705X
Language: English

About the author

monty roberts

He wrote that by personally observing horses in the wild, he learned to "listen" to their non-verbal "language"; that when horses understood that they can trust you, they will decide to be with you. Roberts registered as his term for "hooking on", the phrase "Join~Up", in which a trainer negotiates with an untamed horse to form a voluntary relationship with him