TAKING UP THE REINS: A YEAR IN GERMANY WITH A DRESSAGE MASTER. by Endicott, Priscilla. Foreword by Denny Emerson

Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vermont, 1999, first edition. 297 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1570761345 B&w photographs. "....gives readers a first-hand, behind-the-scenes look at what (dressage) training entails - and how such an experience, at once rigorous and beautiful, can chan ge and illuminate one's life. In this personal memoir, Priscilla Endicott chronicles the intense year she spent in Germany studying the principles of dressage with master trainer, Walter Christensen....(the book) presents a colorful view o f t h e r e m arkable world of international dressage and competition. Of primary importance are the relationships that affected the writer: her connection with her teacher, her horse, the apprentices, the riders, and other folk with whom she cam e i nt o cl o se c on tact. An inextricable part of the author's education was cultural. Through her eyes, we learn how the teaching of dressage and the German cultural spirit are mirror images, each reflecting the other...." Dust jacket has ver y mi nor e dge w rin kli ng. Fine/Near Fine.