On A Hoof And A Prayer : Around Argentina At A Gallop Paperback / softback
by Polly Evans
Paperback / softback
Description
At the age of thirty-four, Polly Evans finally fulfilled a childhood dream - to learn how to ride a horse.
But rather than do so conveniently close to home, she decided to travel to Argentina and saddle up among the gauchos. Overcoming battered limbs, a steed hell-bent on bolting, and an encounter with the teeth of one very savage dog, Polly cantered through Andean vineyards and galloped beneath snow-capped Patagonian peaks.
She survived a hair-raising game of polo and a back-breaking day herding cattle.
Taking a break from riding, she delved into Argentina's tumultuous history: the Europeans' first terrifying acquaintances with the native 'giants'; the sanguinary demise of the early missionaries; and the gruesome drama of Evita's wandering corpse. On a Hoof and Prayer is the stampeding story of Polly's journey from timorous equestrian novice to wildly whooping cowgirl.
It's a tale of ponies, painkillers and peregrinations - not just around present-day Argentina, but also into the country's glorious and turbulent past.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2011
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- ISBN:9780857501172
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780857501172
