Elizabeth Letts
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The true story of 63-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins who, in 1954, rode her horse across America, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean.
"The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"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"--
3) The Perfect Horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the chaotic last days of World War II, a small troop of American soldiers captures a German spy and learns that on a secret farm behind enemy lines, Hitler has stockpiled the world's finest purebred horses in order to breed the perfect military machine -- an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army's last great...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1958, a horse bound for the slaughterhouse is purchased by a man who names him Snowman and takes him to the top of equestrian show jumping.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When the de Leyer family buy an eighty-dollar horse for their riding school, they are surprised to discover the gelding they named Snowman has an incredible talent for jumping--a gift that would eventually make him an internationally recognized show-jumping champion.
6) The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
624 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
