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Jack Cobb has lost everything-his wife, his son, his career-but a thoroughbred horse named Quicksilver may give him a new lease on life Recently widowed Baltimore stockbroker Jack Cobb is increasingly disheartened when his son, Stan, loses interest in pursuing his college degree in history. Stan prefers riding his thoroughbred horse, Quicksilver, and sees little point in academic work when he is about to be drafted into the army to fight in Vietnam. Barely a month into his first tour of duty, Stan is killed by a civilian in the street, and soon after that Jack's business begins to fail. Forced to sell the house, Jack stakes his last hope on Stan's beloved horse and enters Quicksilver into the prestigious Grand National in Aintree, England.
Autoren-Porträt von John R. Tunis
John R. Tunis (1889-1975) was a novelist and sportswriter best remembered for his series of novels about the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s and '50s. Born in Boston, Tunis graduated from Harvard University and then served in the Army during World War I. He began writing sports columns in 1925 and was soon contributing to dozens of publications, including the New Yorker, Reader's Digest, Esquire, and the Saturday Evening Post. A tennis player himself, Tunis broadcast the first Wimbledon match to air in the United States in 1934.
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Autor:
John R. Tunis
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Altersempfehlung: 12 - 16 Jahre
- 2011, 159 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
- ISBN-10: 1453221123
- ISBN-13: 9781453221129
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2011
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Dateiformat: ePub
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Größe: 0.34 MB
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“The story . . . is warm and horsemanlike . . . with lots of excitement and lots of good horse detail. Young horse lovers won’t be able to leave off until the last delightful page.” —Elizabeth S. Coolidge, The Boston Globe
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