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Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people-including herself-are obsessed with horses. It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America-even more than when they were the only means of transportation-and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality. Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but how he changed lives. Through...
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2004
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In 2003, Funny Cide became "the people's horse," an unheralded New York-bred gelding who, during a time of war and economic jitters, inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their multimillionaire owners and sweeping to the brink of horseracing's Triple Crown
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Zippy Chippy is descended from the leading legends of horse racing. He is destined for greatness and glory. But . . . when the starting bell rings, it's anybody's guess what Zippy will do. Will Zippy go for a gentle trot around the track or stop and smell the roses? Or, perhaps, never even leave the starting gate?! What's an owner to do? Try and try again! After all, he believes in Zippy- and, besides, the horse is now a part of the family. But as...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 391 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Burned out by working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover for The New York American as a change of pace. Having pilloried golf just a few years before, he went to Saratoga that August to sample horse racing and found that "There, right in front of him, were so many of the characters he so loved from his time covering the comings and goings of the Manhattan night crowd." Runyon didn't...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The father of the Kentucky Derby called him "the greatest all-around Thoroughbred in American racing history." Sportswriter Grantland Rice simply called him "the greatest racehorse." Now Eliza McGraw tells the story of how a gangling, long-shot Kentucky Derby winner named Exterminator became one of the most beloved racehorses of all time. Here Comes Exterminator! draws readers into the golden age of racing, with all its ups and downs, the ever-involving...
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