Dan Aadland, Ph.D., is a lifelong horseman, rancher, and writer. Author of seven books and many magazine articles (he’s currently a columnist for Equus and The Trail Rider) Dan taught English on high school and college levels while developing, with his wife Emily, a Tennessee Walking Horse breeding and training facility on the ranch that’s been in Emily’s family for 110 years. A proponent of the multi-skilled backcountry horse, Dan has also been a work horse teamster since logging in the 1980’s with Big Jim, his Belgian stallion.