The Eighty Dollar Champion
Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
$25.93
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2014
Summary
Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Here is the dramatic and inspiring rise to stardom of an unlikely duo. One show at a time, against extraordinary odds and some of the most expensive thoroughbreds alive, the pair climbed to the very top o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472110916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472110919 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Letts |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 339g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Tom Thorne Novels |
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About The Author
Elizabeth Letts
Elizabeth Letts is the award- winning author of two novels, Quality of Care and Family Planning, and one children’s book, The Butter Man. Quality of Care was a Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Books-A-Million Book Club selection. An equestrian from childhood, Letts represented California as a junior equestrian, and was runner- up in the California Horse and Rider of the Year competition. She currently lives with her husband and four children in Baltimore, Maryland.
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