New PDF release: Valley Animals: True Stories about the Animals and People of

By Brooks Firestone

ISBN-10: 1574645005

ISBN-13: 9781574645002

The animals of Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley are ample and sundry. a few fly, a few swim, a few slither; others gallop, or trot, or experience at the back of pickup vans. a few are wild and others family; a few are employees whereas others are pets; there are prize winners and there are bandits; a few of the animals are attractive and pleasant, while others are appealing and unsafe. The Valley is domestic to meadowlarks, condors, and ostriches; livestock, sheep, and alpacas; polo ponies and paintings horses; prize-winning farm animals, goats, and swine; canines and coyotes; cats and mountain lions; elands or even an elephant. Brooks Firestone, who has lived within the Santa Ynez Valley for over thirty-five years, is aware the animals good. He has ranched with them, lived with them, laughed at their antics, and marveled at their attractiveness. Now he has written a e-book approximately them: dozens of news approximately his encounters along with his animal acquaintances, in addition to retold stories heard from his human pals. those tales conceal a variety of emotional territory, from hilarious (a parade of canine gossiping approximately their human partners) to heart-wrenching (prized and valuable horses misplaced in a sad barn hearth) to attractive and encouraged (a flock of migrant ducks waking up after spending the evening in a foggy meadow).

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