Robert Redford's acclaimed film The Horse Whisperer, based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans, heightened curiosity in modern day 'Horse Whisperers' such as American Monty Roberts.

• Who were the Original Horse Whisperers? Who were the Secret Society of Horsemen?
• What were the secret oaths and rituals that all new recruits had to learn to become members of the Secret Society?
• Did they have a magic Word? What was the Word?
• Did it work? How did it work?
• How different are the Original Whisperers of two hundred years ago to Modern Whisperers?
• Were they better? Could their methods be used today?

Russell Lyon has spent his professional life as a veterinary surgeon caring for and treating horses, which has given him a unique perspective on the methods employed by the Original Horse Whisperers. In this book he reveals much new and previously unpublished information about the Original Horse Whisperers derived from extensive research, including many letters and old notebooks sent to him following an appeal in regional newspapers.