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1) Horse
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English
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...
4) Bonecrack
Author
Publisher
BBC Radio Collection
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 compact discs :
Language
English
Description
Neil Griffon, left in charge of the family stables after his father is involved in a grisly accident, is forced into a no-win situation when a crime czar demands his son be employed at Neil's stables and given a chance to ride the superstar horse, Archangel, in the Derby.
Author
Series
The Spenser collection volume 1
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (12.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hugger mugger: Spenser is approached by the president of Three Fillies Stables to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger. Potshot: Spenser heads west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, where a local gang threatens the town.
6) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he...
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