Horse Doctor: An American Vet's Life Down Under Karen McGoldrick

Horse Doctor: An American Vet's Life Down Under Karen McGoldrickAuthor: Elizabeth Herbert Author Elizabeth Woolsey Herbert offers a unique and touching story of her life as an equine veterinarian in semirural Australia. As an American living in a foreign country for fourteen years, she observes the differences in Australia compared to her native California. The single mother of an eleven year old daughter, she also combines work and family commitments. With wit and wisdom, Dr. Woolsey Herbert faces an assortment

Offering a privileged glimpse into the lives of jockeys and cavalrymen

this wonderfully written book is an up-close look at a well-lived rural life that is about as authentic as America gets

Some of us start over

Rebecca meets both real and fictional characters of the 1800s who help her traverse America

as horse and girl make their way to each other

Twain uses the friendship between the girl and the horse as the basis for his eventual indictment of the barbarism of Spanish bullfighting

Braving the foul weather

nothing will stop him from saving her

The magic of horse math

All horses have four hooves that are integral to their overall health

is told through the eyes of a child

and for Dublin Jack