The Man Who Listens to Horses: Summary and book reviews of The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts, plus links to an excerpt from The Man Who Listens to Horses and a biography of Monty Roberts.
The Man Who Listens to Horses
by Monty Roberts
Hardcover: Aug 1997,
310 pages.
Paperback: Dec 1998,
255 pages.
Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer--an American original whose gentle training methods reveal the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing "horse sense" is based on a lifetime of experience. Roberts started riding at the age of two, and at the age of thirteen he went alone into the high deserts of Nevada to study mustangs in the wild. What he learned there changed his life forever.
Monty Roberts has spent his whole life working with horses--schooling them, listening to them, and learning their ancient equine language. In The Man Who Listens to Horses, he tells about his early days as a rodeo rider in California, his problems with his violent horse-trainer father, who was unwilling to accept Monty's unconventional training methods, his friendship with James Dean, his struggle to be accepted in the professional horse-training community, and the invitation that changed his life--to demonstrate his method of "join-up" to the Queen of England.
From his groundbreaking work with horses, Roberts has acquired an unprecedented understanding of nonverbal communication, an understanding that applies to human relationships as well. He has shown that between parent and child, employee and employer (he's worked with over 250 corporations, including General Motors, IBM, Disney, and Merrill Lynch), and abuser and abused, there are forms of communication far stronger than the spoken word and that they are accessible to all who will learn to listen. This inspirational and gentle man, first introduced to the American public on Dateline NBC, is part James Herriot, part Bill Gates, and part John Wayne. And his story is one you will never forget.
Kirkus Reviews
His portrait of the business of breeding and training horses is frank and fascinating, but the book's most memorable passages cover rodeos and horse business in the west as it was in the author's youth, and include a haunting portrait of his violent, racist father and some of the other remarkable figures Roberts knew (including a young James Dean). Over and above everything, though, is Roberts' surpassing love for horses, captured here in his evocations of the horses he has trained over a career spanning four decades.
Kirkus Reviews
His portrait of the business of breeding and training horses is frank and fascinating, but the book's most memorable passages cover rodeos and horse business in the west as it was in the author's youth, and include a haunting portrait of his violent, racist father and some of the other remarkable figures Roberts knew (including a young James Dean). Over and above everything, though, is Roberts' surpassing love for horses, captured here in his evocations of the horses he has trained over a career spanning four decades.
Publisher's Weekly
This book is important reading for those interested in communication, particularly interspecies communication and linguistics.
Publisher's Weekly
This book is important reading for those interested in communication, particularly interspecies communication and linguistics.
Jack Canfield, co-author of The Chicken Soup for the Soul
Monty Roberts' book The Man Who Listens to Horses has inspired me to the depths of my soul. Observing Monty's philosophy and method of working with horses and people is one of the most profoundly deep, awe-inspiring, and heart-opening experiences I've ever witnessed. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
Recent Reader Reviews
Rated of 5
by Sarah Brilliant!! I LOVED this book! It is my favorite book ever now. I really admire Monty on how he was so determined to do things HIS way, no matter what anyone else said.
Shy Boy is his second book, another favorite of mine now. Monty Roberts is a true... Read More
Rated of 5
by Redneck Yahoo Mostly Fiction It seems that many of Monty Roberts' claims about his experiences are flights of fancy. See the following sources for more information:
The book 'Horse Whispers & Lies' online at www.horsewhispersandlies.com; the Feb. 1999 issue of Horse & Rider... Read More
Rated of 5
by horse person 'Good read' is unfortunately more FICTION than fact Monty Roberts is known to be a very competent horse trainer.
Unfortunately, it seems that many of his more grandiose claims and allegations in this 'autobiography' may be fabrications.
Horse & Rider magazine (Feb. 1999) and Time magazine and... Read More
Rated of 5
by emi
i love monety. his ideas make sense. and they work- you can see results.
Rated of 5
by Smartybeth
I am a 16 year old horse enthusiast. I train horses using Monty's methods and would never change them. This book explains how he got were he is today and how he developed his mehtods that are now famous the world over. I recieved this book as a... Read More
Rated of 5
by Li
This was a very helpful book in helping me gain more knowledge about horses phycology. Roberts has spent alot of time with these horses, and it has shown to be at his advantage. I am glad that new methods have arisen to train todays horses, so they... Read More
The strange, compelling, sparkling, and mysterious universe of horse racing is depicted with such verve and originality, such tenderness, such clarity, and, above all, such sheer exuberance.
This is one of 3 readalike suggestions for The Man Who Listens to Horses. Members have full access to all readalikes. If you are a member, please login. To find out more about membership, click here.
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Two Lives is a memoir written by international best-selling author, Vikram Seth. In this interesting and engaging book, Seth writes about his great...
read more
Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
read more
Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
read more
British Parliament asks Amazon to clarify why it pays $9 million in income tax on $23 billion of UK sales.(May 20 2013) Amazon will be called back to give further evidence to members of the British Parliament "to clarify how its activities in the U.K. justify its low corporate...
Full Story
Jack Canfield, co-author of The Chicken Soup for the Soul
of 5
by Sarah
of 5
by Redneck Yahoo
Write your own review!
