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The Mane Event (Country's Reminisce Hitch)
The Mane Event - Country's Reminisce Hitch Author:Rick Van Etten A day-by-day account of a cross-country trek with a Belgian six-horse hitch from Maine to California, right from the horse's mouth, with added commentary by driver David Helmuth, Publisher Roy Reiman and a few other selected humans. — Share the adventure of a lifetime...a honeymoon journey like no other..a cross-country trip honoring the nation's... more » seniors.
Excerpt from "Firestone"'s introduction:
"I want to thank the nearly 50,000 people who climbed aboard our red wagon to become part of this historic trip (the first-ever, coast-to-coast, by a six-horse hitch) and the thousands more who came to our Maine-to-California route to say 'Hi' to me and my five Belgian buddies. I also want to thank each of the hundreds of amateur photographers who took pictures of us along the route and let us use them in this book.
Some of you may also have come to wish our driver, David Helmuth, his wife Vikki, and the rest of the crew good luck on our journey, but I'd like to think most of you wanted to meet me and my mammoth teammates. To these people, thanks for the encouragement during our 3,800-mile walk...thanks for the fistfuls of fresh grass you little kids pulled out and fed us daily...« less