by Rhonda Hart Poe
Photographs by Lynne Pomeranz
144
pages, 9 x 6 3/8 trim size, full-color photographs throughout.
Wild
horses roaming free under the big skies of Montana and Wyoming. The
image is a powerful symbol both of the nobility of the horse and of the
pioneer spirit of the American West. But do these wild creatures really
still exist? They do, and they're here in panoramic photographs that
reveal the animals in all their majesty.
In
the Pryor Mountains, ranging along the state line between Montana and
Wyoming, there lives a band of wild horses - the Pryor Mountain Mustangs
- descended from the original Spanish horses brought over by the
Conquistadores. These wild relatives of equine royalty live, browse,
roam, challenge, fight, and mate much as they have for hundreds of
years.
Here
is the extraordinary photographic journal of the three years Lynne
Pomeranz spent studying, admiring, and photographing these magnificent
animals. The inner lives and relationships of 25 horses emerge in
intimate photographs accompanied by stirring text. Witness the dramatic
competitions between stallions as they vie for supremacy, the tender
bonds between mares and their offspring, and the joyful play of each
spring’s newborn foals.
The
Pryor Mountain Mustangs will claim a special place in the hearts of
horse lovers and nature enthusiasts of all ages.
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