PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History

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Winner of the Book Excellence Award for Middle-Grade Fiction. “A forgotten piece of Americana brought to vivid life.”— Kirkus Reviews In 1912, four men, calling themselves the “Overland Westerners,” decided fame and fortune awaited if they embarked on the longest horseback ride in history. Their goal was to visit all forty-eight state capitals over the course of three years and complete their journey at the San Francisco World’s Fair on June 1, 1915. Facing rugged roads, raging rivers, thieves and near starvation, the men went through seventeen horses. Only one horse completed the entire journey… Pinto, a little horse with a heart as big as the whole country! This is Pinto’s account of his arduous adventure.

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I am a wife, a mom and a grandmother. I am also a competitive equestrian and award-winning author. I especially love to write about horses, both real or fantasy. In 2016, I released, "In the Heart of a Mustang." This story is not a fantasy but it is all about horses. This coming of age young adult novel has won the 2016 Gold Medal from the Literary Classics Awards in Young Adult General Fiction and the Silver Medal in the Nautilus Awards as well as the Silver Medal from Readers Favorite Awards. My current project is a four-part series titled “The Centaur Chronicles”. I am excited about this new middle-grade fantasy. The first book, “The Stone of Mercy,” was released on Oct. 1, 2016. It has already garnered several awards including the Gold Medal from the Feathered Quill awards. The second, “The Stone of Courage,” was released on April 15, 2017 and has won a Book Excellence Award. Please visit my website: http://www.dancinghorsepress.com

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Winter Not-So-Wonderland

Whenever I take a cross-country journey in my heated and air-conditioned car, listening to music or stories on tape, I compare my life to that of the pioneers who crossed the plains in wagons or on foot. Life is pretty easy for us. Not so for them. And not for the Overland Westerners. Travel conditions were much different in the years between 1912 and 1915. This excerpt is taken from their journals written in May of 1912 as they attempted to cross the Cascade Mountains in Oregon on their way to Idaho. Where was the snowplow!

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PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History

We reached the snow shortly after leaving Fish Lake. The men dismounted and started leading us. I was third in line, behind Lad and Blaze. Dick and Bill brought up the rear. At first, we were fine as we stepped on the crusty surface of the snow. But, before long, we were in trouble. Every fifty feet or so, one of the horses broke through the top crust of ice that covered the surface of the snow and became stuck in the snow underneath that was at least eight feet deep.

“Blaze is down,” Jay said. He started pulling on Blaze’s lead rope. I watched as Blaze tried to get his front legs on top of the snow, but they just kept breaking through the crust and sinking back down. Nothing the horse attempted succeeded in getting him up.

PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History

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M.J. Evans

PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History

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Winter Not-So-Wonderland

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PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History

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