The Wild Rose: Stories of My Horses, Volume II, by Martin Prechtel (North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2022, 412 pp, $21.49)
The prolific author Martin Prechtel has just published the second in a series of three spiritual anecdotes-in-a-book (the first is The Mare and the Mouse*) about 'his' horses in the wilds of New Mexico.
The Wild Rose reminds me of a 'book' my mother put together for our family and friends about a trip we took when I was about seven years old. Rose is a family tale about horses found and 'owned' and respected - and loved.
Illustrations
The illustrations are elementary yet detailed and speak of what is to come in each chapter - detailed enough to spur the reader on to peruse them with an eye toward figuring out the story told in that chapter before reading it and then seeing how close you came to it in the end.
This experienced writer tells tales of Indian lore, whether true or not, and has a deeply profound love and respect for horses that shines through nearly every page. One can learn a lot of environmental philosophy in The Wild Rose and even perhaps change a jaded mind into one who respects and seeks to save the wild horse of the American West.
The Saga
Prechtel searches for some horses of his youth and writes about them in epic proportions - almost mythical and magical. His love for the land is also mystical. A very unusual book, one of many by the same author.
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