Distant skies : an American journey on horseback /
Chapman, Melissa A. Priblo,
Distant skies : an American journey on horseback / Melissa A. Priblo Chapman. - xiv, 327 pages : 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
"Melissa Chapman was 23 years old and part of a happy, healthy, loving family. She had a decent job, a boyfriend she cared about, and friends she enjoyed. Yet on the first of May in 1982, she said good-bye to all of it. Carrying a puppy named Gypsy, she climbed aboard a horse and rode away from everything, heading west. With no cell phone, no GPS, no support team or truck following with supplies, Chapman quickly learned that the reality of a cross-country horseback journey was quite different from the fantasy. Her solo adventure would immediately test her mental, physical, and emotional resources as she and her four-legged companions were forced to adapt to the dangers and loneliness of a trek that would span over 2600 miles, beginning in New York State and reaching its end on the other side of the country, in California"--
9781570769603 1570769605
2020001560
Chapman, Melissa A. Priblo--Travel.
Horsemen and horsewomen--United States--Biography.
Endurance riding (Horsemanship)--United States--Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Human-animal relationships.
Distant skies : an American journey on horseback / Melissa A. Priblo Chapman. - xiv, 327 pages : 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
"Melissa Chapman was 23 years old and part of a happy, healthy, loving family. She had a decent job, a boyfriend she cared about, and friends she enjoyed. Yet on the first of May in 1982, she said good-bye to all of it. Carrying a puppy named Gypsy, she climbed aboard a horse and rode away from everything, heading west. With no cell phone, no GPS, no support team or truck following with supplies, Chapman quickly learned that the reality of a cross-country horseback journey was quite different from the fantasy. Her solo adventure would immediately test her mental, physical, and emotional resources as she and her four-legged companions were forced to adapt to the dangers and loneliness of a trek that would span over 2600 miles, beginning in New York State and reaching its end on the other side of the country, in California"--
9781570769603 1570769605
2020001560
Chapman, Melissa A. Priblo--Travel.
Horsemen and horsewomen--United States--Biography.
Endurance riding (Horsemanship)--United States--Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Human-animal relationships.