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The Eighty Dollar Champion

The Eighty Dollar Champion 1

by Elizabeth Letts
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/05/2014
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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 of the sport of show jumping. Their story captured the heart of Cold War-era America-a story of unstoppable hope, inconceivable dreams, and the chance to have it all. They were the longest of all longshots-and their win was the stuff of legend.
ISBN:
9781472110916
9781472110916
Category:
Riding
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-05-2014
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
416
Dimensions (mm):
196x130x34mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Elizabeth Letts

Elizabeth Letts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion and The Perfect Horse, which won the 2017 PEN Center USA Literary Award for research nonfiction, as well as two previous novels, Quality of Care and Family Planning. A former certified nurse-midwife, she also served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. She lives in Southern California and Northern Michigan.

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This was the first word that came to mind upon reading only the first few pages of this well researched and beautifully written true story. For those of you who grew up reading "National Velvet", "The Incredible Journey", "Lassie Come Home" and the like will thoroughly enjoy this heart-warming story between a man, Harry de Leyer and his horse, Snowman. The story provides a history lesson and also documents what one can achieve with good old-fashioned hard work and a desire to succeed. I usually don't show any emotion upon finishing a book but this one broke the drought. Thank you Elizabeth Letts for reigniting my love for reading. I also recommend the documentary DVD - "Harry & Snowman" - see the story come to life! Up next - "The Perfect Horse".

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