INDIVIDUAL, two stories; A DEBT OWED and THE SUM OF MUCH (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781460909386)

William A. Luckey grew up in New England, and grew up with horses. A riding instructor at 18, the first student was a blind girl; she learned to ride on a Western mustang. Since then, Luckey has retrained spoiled horses, continues to teach riding, fox-hunted, evented, worked cattle - anything to do with horses. All of Luckey's books are based on strong characters, and in many, the horses are as much the heroes, and villains, as the humans. The western stories are not of cattle rustlers or gunslingers, but the tales, both traditional and contemporary, deal with moral struggles, facing fears; the stories are human, in the contemporary tales, there is sexual activity, as well as growth, failures, and change. Luckey sees these non-traditional attitudes as part of all our lives, and sixty years of working with horses and humans has given Luckey insights into all types of behavior. College-educated, with an English professor in the family. Luckey writes from the strength of experience and empathy.