Horse Packing and Travel

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In an effort to further its educational mission, HorseTravelBooks.com is attempting to republish the most important titles ever written relating to equestrian travel, classic equitation, and horse packing. Often this involves locating rare volumes which can only be purchased at great expense. The information lodged in these books is however too valuable to be neglected.

Each of the HorseTravelBooks.com titles has a direct link to its own page on Barnes & Noble and Amazon.co.uk. Alternatively, all of our titles can be ordered from your local bookshop.

Horses, Saddles and Bridles General William Carter ISBN 1590480465	General William Harding Carter served with the United States Sixth Calvary and was considered one of that country’s foremost experts on both the horse and his equipment. This volume covers a wide range of topics including basic training of the horse, care of its equipment, managing a stable, and riding methods. Additionally, “Horses, Saddles and Bridles” provides a fascinating look back into equestrian travel history. Carter provides case studies of various cavalry campaigns, detailing for example how Napoleon lost more than 186,000 horses in his ill-fated Russian campaign! Amply illustrated, this rediscovered classic remains fascinating reading for students of the horse or history. Go to Amazon.co.uk or Barnes & Noble
The Manual of Pack Transportation H. W. Daly ISBN 1590480457	Henry W. Daly was the last of the old-time packers who learned their trade under the tough tutelage of General George Crook. Though he later rose to the rank of Chief Pack Master of the U.S. Army, Daly became a packer in the late nineteenth century while helping Crook chase the Apache leader Geronimo across that blazing wilderness known as the Arizona Territory. In later years Daly made an effort to record all the knowledge he had gained from his decades of field experience. The resultant book “The Manual of Pack Transportation” is his masterpiece. It contains a wealth of information on various pack saddles, ropes and equipment, how to secure every type of load imaginable, instructions on how to organize a pack train, and the duties of various individuals including the chief packer, blacksmith, cook, etc. More than a reference book, “The Manual of Pack Transportation” is also a hands-on time capsule capable of carrying the reader back to the days when equestrian travel was king. It is amply illustrated with both photographs and drawings. Go to Amazon.co.uk or Barnes & Noble.
The Prairie Traveler Randolph Marcy ISBN 1590480635	There were a lot of things you packed into your saddlebags or the wagon before setting off to cross the North American wilderness in the 1850s. A gun and an axe were obvious necessities. Yet many pioneers were just as adamant about placing a copy of Captain Randolph Marcy's “The Prairie Traveler” close at hand. Next to the family Bible, it was considered an absolute necessity for anyone planning to venture through the hazards of trans-continental travel. Though Marcy eventually became a brigadier general in the United States army, he made his reputation as one of America’s early experts on frontier travel after tracing the Red River to its source. Soldier, trailblazer and mapmaker, Marcy conducted five major expeditions across the wilderness that was once the American West, then submitted a series of reports to the War Office describing the country, its vast resources, and the hazards involved in crossing it. It was from these original reports that the legendary frontiersman drew when he wrote what was to become an encyclopedic work on frontier life. Packed with practical advice for travelers heading West, “The Prairie Traveler” issues advice on such diverse subjects as how to organize a wagon train, march with loose horses, choose proper pack saddles, ford rivers, administer rudimentary first aid, or avoid Indian attack. In addition he dispensed detailed notes on thirty-four of the most important overland trails used by American pioneers. Legendary English explorer, Sir Richard Francis Burton, was one of the many explorers to use this famous travel book when he traveled from Texas to Utah in the late 1850s. Amply illustrated with pen and ink drawings of the time, this rediscovered classic remains fascinating reading for students of the horse or history. Go to Amazon.co.uk or Barnes & Noble.
Reisen mit dem Pferd Otto Schwarz ISBN 1590481372	The story of Otto Schwarz reads like a mounted Odyssey. As the clouds of the Second World War gathered over his native Switzerland, young Otto Schwarz was competing at Olympic level in dressage. Forced by circumstances to don the uniform of a Swiss cavalry officer, Otto patrolled the French-Swiss border on horseback for nearly five years. Those mounted adventures gave the dashing Captain Schwarz a taste for horse travel which redirected his equestrian life. Over the course of the next sixty years, Otto Schwarz went on to journey 48,000 kilometres (30,000 miles) on horseback across five continents, making him the most well-travelled Long Rider of the 20th century. The man literally rode in a host of places including Japan, Europe, Africa and North & South America. The amazing story of Otto's many equestrian adventures is available for the first time in more than twenty years in this re-issued version of his classic book, "Reisen mit dem Pferd." In addition, the famous Long Rider offers his readers a detailed supplement on how to prepare and undertake an extended equestrian journey. This important book, (written in German), belongs on the bookshelf of every student of equestrian travel. Click here to go to Amazon.co.uk or Barnes & Noble.

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