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Letts, Elizabeth.
The eighty-dollar champion
[HC] :
Snowman, the horse that inspired a nation /
Elizabeth Letts.
Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
New York :
Ballantine Books,
2012.
©2011.
xiv, 338 p. :
ill. ;
21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-311) and index.
"The Eighty-Dollar Champion tells the dramatic odyssey of a horse called Snowman, saved from the slaughterhouse by a young Dutch farmer named Harry. Together, Harry and Snowman went on to become America's show-jumping champions, winning first prize in Madison Square Garden. Set in the mid- to late-1950s, this book captures the can-do spirit of a Cold War immigrant who believed--and triumphed"--Provided by publisher.
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Snowman (Horse.)
Show jumpers (Horses)
United States
Biography.
Show horses
United States
Biography.
PETS / Horses / Riding.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.