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Author Letts, Elizabeth.

Title The eighty-dollar champion : Snowman, the horse that inspired a nation / Elizabeth Letts.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1502337~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO LETTS    AVAILABLE
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Description xiv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-311) and index.
Subject Snowman (Horse)
Show jumpers (Horses) -- Biography.
Show horses -- Biography.
ISBN 9780345521088 (hardback)
0345521080 (hardback)
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SRP 2012
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August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: It was a great story about an unwanted horse and the man who gave him another chance at life.
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