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Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild | 
 enlarge | Author: Monty Roberts
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 16878
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0006532020
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9780006532026
ASIN: 0006532020
Publication Date: March 6, 2000
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Monty Roberts is the cowboy who single-handedly revolutionised the way humans 'break in' wild horses. The best-selling The Man Who Listens to Horses told how Roberts was brought up on a ranch by a brutal father who used horrendous methods to tame both his horses and his children. As a young man, Roberts watched these horses in the wild and quite literally learned their language, how they communicated with each other and how he, by copying, could communicate with them and thus earn their trust to the point of saddling up and riding them. He tried to tell people but was universally ridiculed. Shy Boy takes us fifty years on to the plains of the high Nevada desert where, under the scrutiny of a BBC documentary team, he builds a relationship with a feral Mustang over the course of three days, demonstrating his amazing technique of 'join-up' by emulating the actions of the matriarch of the herd. This is a very personal and affecting book packed with over fifty exquisite colour photos documenting Roberts' progress with Shy Boy. That old-hands still doubt his discovery is astounding. Here is proof, if proof be needed, that the man--he would argue anyone--can tame the wildest of horses without the slightest hint of force. Inspirational. --Jim Rickards
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Amazing Read May 15, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've already read Monty Roberts' Man Who Listens To Horses book where he mentions Shy Boy so I just had to read the Shy Boy book to read more. I highly recommend reading both books, Shy Boy is such a great read, I could hardly put it down. The work of Monty Roberts is so amazing, and his journey with Shy Boy really is fancinating, he does what you think cannot be done, but he has.
Superb!!! June 17, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Being a horse lover anyway, this book is definately right up my street, but I had to read it anyway, (my friend said I should!!!) It's a really good read, although only a small book, Monty is a brilliant writer, and the ending is very emotional, it made me cry anyway!!!! brilliant book, and an awesome read, you must have it!!!!
Wow... February 4, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
this is an amazing story of how one man managed to train a wild horse. Being a keen rider myself, it is amazing to see and read how one man can do something that so many have only dreamed of. The story is told well, capturing all of the emothion of both Monty and Shy Boy in the story and the amazing photos. This is guarenteed to make any old softie like me cry.
 Monty's greatest challenge - to join-up with a wild mustang! December 29, 2000
howi@tribalcliff.co.uk (Yorkshire, England)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Monty Roberts is the American horseman often referred to as the original horse whisperer, but who prefers to think of himself as The Man Who Listens To Horses (The title of his autobiography) Some who heard his claims about his abilities to speak the language of horses were sceptical to say the least. To prove his point to the doubters he accepts a challenge to achieve 'join-up' with a totally unhandled, wild-living mustang. This is the eponymous Shy Boy and we follow their exploits in the mountains along with a BBC camera crew. But we the readers are privileged to be there with Monty a year after the camera crew has gone home and Shy Boy has been living as a ranch horse. Monty asks himself the question, "Given free choice, will Shy Boy choose to go back to his herd or stay with his new human herd?" The final chapter sees him take the horse back to his home range and give him just that choice. Throughout this simply written tale we feel as if we are there with the man and his horse and the tension we all endure at the end is agonising.
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