Backcountry horses inspire author

Tom Reed (Great Wyoming Bear Stories) has a real affinity for horses and wilderness, and it shows on every page in his true tales about trail riding, horse packing, and great mountain horses. Horse lovers will love this book, but Tom’s writing is transcendent. Even if you have never saddled up, you will be drawn into these heart-tugging stories of special horses, their remarkable abilities, and the inescapable bonds that develop between horses and humans.

Montana author Tom Reed has a real affinity for horses and wilderness and it shows on every page of his new book, “Give me Mountains for my Horses: Journeys of a Backcountry Horseman.”

Most of the stories take place in the Greater Yellowstone backcountry. One chapter is about “Lad,” a big white horse that out walks all other horses and draws admiration from everyone. There is “Jade,” a “mountain lady” that is safe, secure, and uncanny in her ability to follow lost trails. There are stories about buying and selling horses, mishaps about packing horses, and trusting a good horse to get you home.

An easy book to read by a warm fire on a cold winter night.

Reed currently lives in Bozeman, Montana where he spends as much time on horseback as he can. He is also the author of Great Wyoming Bear Stories.