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One hundred and four horses : a memoir of farm and family, Africa and exile

"One Hundred and Four Horses is the story of an idyllic existence torn apart, and a story of incredible bonds--a love of the land, the strength of a family, and the connection between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse."--Publisher.

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  • "As the land invasions gather pace, the Retzlaffs begin an epic journey across Zimbabwe, facing eviction after eviction, trying to save the group of animals with whom they feel a deep and enduring bond--the horses."
  • "As the land invasions gather pace, the Retzlaffs begin an epic journey across Zimbabwe, facing farm eviction after eviction, trying to save the group of animals with whom they feel a deep and enduring bond--the horses."
  • ""Pat and Mandy Retzlaff lived a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. Working all hours of the day on their sprawling ranch and raising three boisterous children, they savored the beauty of the veld and the diverse wildlife that grazed the meadows outside their dining room window. After their children, the couple's true pride and joy were their horses. But in early 2001, the Retzlaffs' lives were thrown into turmoil when armed members of President Robert Mugabe's War Veterans' Association began invading the farmlands owned by white Zimbabweans and violently reclaiming the land"--Dust jacket flap."
  • ""One Hundred and Four Horses is the story of an idyllic existence torn apart, and a story of incredible bonds--a love of the land, the strength of a family, and the connection between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse."--Publisher."@en
  • "On an early summer morning in 2001, Mandy Retzlaff received the phone call that she and her family had been dreading. Her farmhouse in northern Zimbabwe was being decimated at the hands of an angry mob of Robert Mugabe's war veterans, who had been tasked with driving white farmers from their homes. In just a few short days, forty-five of Mandy's neighbours narrowly escaped with their lives and decided to leave Zimbabwe behind. These families would forge a new life overseas, safe from the recriminations of Mugabe's warmongers'yet, as they fled, they left so much behind, not least the beloved pets and farm animals to which they had devoted their lives. Mandy knew that her life, and that of her family, had changed forever. As her friend fled Zimbabwe, she had only one parting request. "We need your help," she said. "It's our horses. Something has got to be done about our horses." It was in this moment that Mandy, along with her husband, Pat, made the decision not to shrink into fear but to reach out and help. Over the following months, they rescued a group of 104 horses from the violence of the home invasions and, in one case, quite literally from the jaws of lions. As they moved across the Zimbabwean countryside, seeking ever more remote enclaves of safety for a herd of horses, it became clear: it was not just the family who were rescuing the horses, but the horses who were rescuing the family. One Hundred and Four Horses is the story of an idyllic existence torn apart, and a story of incredible bonds'a love of the land, the strength of a family, and the connection between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse."@en
  • "There is little in this world that a family cannot endure, if endure they must. For we all have it within us to lose everything, absolutely everything, and still find strength in the most simple, beautiful things.</ Pat and Mandy Retzlaff lived a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. Working all hours of the day on their sprawling ranch and raising three boisterous children, they savored the beauty of the veld and the diverse wildlife that grazed the meadows outside their dining room window. After their children, the couple's true pride and joy were their horses. </ But in early 2001, the Retzlaffs' lives were thrown into turmoil when armed members of President Robert Mugabe's War Veterans' Association began invading the farmlands owned by white Zimbabweans and violently reclaiming the land. Under the threat of death, the family was forced to flee, leaving behind a lifetime's possessions and becoming exiles in the only country they had ever called home. </ As other families across the country fled, they left behind not only their homes but dozens of horses. Devoted animal lovers, Pat and Mandy'now essentially homeless themselves'vowed to save these horses: Shere Khan, the queen of the herd; Tequila, the escape artist forever breaking free and trying to walk back to his original home; Grey, the silver gelding and leader; Princess, the temperamental mare; and the numerous others they rescued along the way. </ <One Hundred and Four Horses</ is a love story and an epic tale of survival and unbreakable bonds'those that hold us to land and family, but also those between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse. </"@en

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  • "History"
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  • "One hundred and four horses : a family forced to run, the horses they had to save, an epic journey to freedom"@en
  • "One hundred and four horses : one family's fight to save their horses, their lives and their way of life"@en
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