One Hundred and Four Horses: A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile, (Hardcover)

from Smits

As I love stories in Africa, I loved this one of Mandy and Pat Retzlaff adventures in Zimbabwe and later Mozambique. Their love of horses comes through so clearly and helpedmake this book a tender recollection. They experienced so much corruption by Mugabe's war vets . The injustices , like havin...

from yourotherleft

When Pat and Mandy Retzlaff settled on Crofton farm in lush Zimbabwe, they imagined giving their children the same sort of idyllic African childhood that Pat had experienced and leaving them the thriving farm as legacy when they were grown. For a while, it seemed as if that would be the case as t...

from DebStransky

I enjoyed this book so much I didn't want to end. The author made it feel like you were there with them. I love horses so the story line kept me right there. Wonderful book! Would recommend the book to those who have a love of horses, interested in the conflict in Rwanda/Zimbabwe and history buff...

from khamneithang

This is a story that would make any animal lover proud. And for that very same reason many will choose to keep off this book, not realizing what the book really is about. My first impression based on the title was to keep hands off policy, and I almost missed a really good book. One Hundred and F...

from Smits

As I love stories in Africa, I loved this one of Mandy and Pat Retzlaff adventures in Zimbabwe and later Mozambique. Their love of horses comes through so clearly and helpedmake this book a tender recollection. They experienced so much corruption by Mugabe's war vets . The injustices , like havin...