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Equine ER explores the power of the human-horse connection, through the lens of the esteemed hospital, located in the horse-crazy Bluegrass, birthplace of greats like Man o' War. At the hospital, a core of iconoclastic doctors perform cutting-edge medicine on their four-footed patients, whether it is an experimental drug on a mare dying of pleural pneumonia, or brain surgery on a foal kicked in the head. The book follows the emotional journeys that doctors and owners embark on when a beloved horse becomes ill. It is proof that what horse trainer, poet, and writer Vicki Hearne once said is true: In over 25 years of training, I have never seen an animal who was replaceable.
About the Author
I'm an independent journalist, freelance writer, and author of the nonfiction book Equine ER, about a year spent following around a crazy group of equine vets in the Ky. Bluegrass (think of the TV show "House" but with horses). I worked at the S.F. Chronicle when newspapers were thriving and fun, and editors wrote headlines like: "Bad Beer Sends Rancher into Rage." I grew up mostly in Lexington, Ky., a bookworm addicted to the public library. For a portfolio of my work: leslieguttman.com.
