Richard A. Wolters (–1993)
Autor de Water Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method
Sobre El Autor
Richard A. Wolters was a leader in applying the scientific discoveries of animal behaviorists to dog training. His books on training are recognized as classics in their fields. Well-known for his lectures and seminars on retriever training, Mr. Wolters also was a president of the Westchester, New mostrar más York, Retriever Club, as well as a vice president and director of the North American Hunting Retriever Association, which he was influential in founding. mostrar menos
Obras de Richard A. Wolters
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1993-10-09
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Hanover, Virginia, USA
- Educación
- Pennsylvania State University
- Ocupaciones
- dog trainer
chemical engineer
pilot
teacher
editor
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Miembros
- 442
- Popularidad
- #55,392
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 32
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KIRKUS REVIEW
Tired of writing dog books, aging but longhaired Dick Wolters looks about for a new thing, is waylaid by soaring (some call it gliding or sailplaning). The present book is about how he writes The Art and Technique of Soaring (1971) for his ""swinging editor."" Thermal's exciting stuff with powerful reader identification. Wolters trains in New Jersey and finds that soloing is a long way off: a glider pilot must learn to think almost constantly, except for very rare moments when he's utterly alone in the silence of the great heights and can just sit there. Nearly all the rest of the time he's either searching for thermals (updraughts of warm air); being whipped above by a thermal; trying to get out of dead air; or is looking for a farm to land on. He's thinking and reacting hard because his life depends on it (no motor, you know). Wolters begins training cavalierly, gets sucked into developing more skills than he first wants, wins badges for height and distance flying, and finally enters the grueling ten-day National Championships. Now he's thinking of hot air ballooning -- but it doesn't seem half so thrilling as soaring, at least not to us. We're ready for our first lesson.… (más)