Hello Sharon, The only way to get the book
these days is to either call Curt Lewis 316 371 6103 or visit the website www.thegreatamericanhorserace .
There are probably less than 200 left. He is now writing the second edition that
will have more photos and some of the color they took. Also there will be
'more of the story' and captions to the photos. I have within the past
week sent him some information that happened to me in the most terrifying
incident i ever had on a horse that happened in Ohio. Also i sent a
personal reflection of what it was like to ride down I-80 thru Wyoming and
Nevada and the 4 options to ride it. There will also be a lot of
information that Eva Taylor left him from all the audio tapes of the riders
meetings that took place every day. We had all forgotten most of that
stuff and more.
Eva was one of my heros as she was such a warm and
kind spirit and loved her mules like children. Virl was another one i was
glad to have met. Not to mention the likes of a Smokey Killen who was a
one of a kind endurance rider. Irene Burd who got dropped off w/ 2 horses
grain and hay and baggage and a duck (there is more to this story) and finished
in the top ten. Sam Garner was a wonderful southern man in the best of
ways. Hope Lundquist, Amanda Bandy (rode 2 stallions), Dr. Marian Moulthan
and Diane Clagget/Marquard whose kitchen AERC was founded in 2 years
before....There were a lot of characters too.
The pictures of me in the book are on pages 39, 52,
88,94, 145,163, and 177 and there are stories i could tell on every one of
them.
The new book will be a hard cover with much
more reading material that will tell the story before we all forget or are dead
and gone like so many of us are.
