My kingdom is a horse - Emma Crosby Spurling

It's not unusual for two friends to take long walks together. It is unusual when the long walk stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts in 202 days and covering 2,641 miles. It gets more unusual when the two friends consist of a ninety-pound English woman and her almost half-a-ton-horse, Smokey. This is the amazing story of Emma Crosby Spurling, who decides to leave her native England to see America. And she does -- from the back of the first horse she ever knew. Step by endless step, the two make their way through nine states, along back roads and busy by ways, through lush green landscapes and waterless desserts. On the way, they experience the America that most Americans, speeding by in high-powered cars, never see; but through Emma's English eyes, they can look at their country with new insights and appreciation at they accompany Emma and Smokey on their long, adventure-filled journey.