Monty Roberts

Biography of Monty Roberts, focusing on the unique methods he has developed for training horses through gentleness and an understanding of nonverbal communication, and telling how he has applied his techniques to human relationships.

Black Beauty was written in 1877 and was subtitled “The Autobiography of a Horse.” It quickly became known as the best-loved animal story. In addition to this, the book achieved its aim to “induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses.” The story was used first by George Angell, founder of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and then by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...