GRIT AND VALOR: THE STORY OF SWALE - Couverture souple

Thompson, Timothy

 
9781425901394: GRIT AND VALOR: THE STORY OF SWALE
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1425901395 ISBN 13 : 9781425901394
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

ON NOVEMBER 30 1978, SEATTLE SLEW RETIRED FROM THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE ENTERED STALLION DUTY. IMMEDIATELY, HE BEGAN PRODUCING CHAMPION SONS AND DAUGHTERS AT A FEVER PITCH PACE. ON APRIL 21 1981, ONE OF HIS GREATEST AND MOST BELOVED SONS WAS BORN. HIS NAME WAS SWALE. HE WAS A CHIP OFF THE OLE' BLOCK. THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. DURING HIS SHORT LIFE, SWALE DEFINED THE TRUE MEANING OF COURAGE. WHENEVER HE WAS CHALLENGED, HE ROSE TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE. HE NEVER BACKED AWAY FROM A FIGHT. HE DISPLAYED GRIT AND VALOR OUT ON THAT RACETRACK, LIKE NO THOROUGHBRED BEFORE HIM, OR SINCE. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED READING THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LOVE SWALE, AND YOU WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.

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Biographie de l'auteur

TIMOTHY J. THOMPSON HAS EARNED BOTH A BACHELOR'S AND A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS. HE MAJORED IN UNITED STATES HISTORY AND MINORED IN TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPEAN HISTORY.DURING HIS TENURE AS A GRADUATE STUDENT, MR. THOMPSON WROTE FOR THE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER CALLED, THE CURRENT. HE WROTE NEWS STORIES, SERVED ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD, AND PRODUCED HIS OWN WEEKLY COLUMN ENTITLED, THIS WEEK IN HISTORY.UPON GRAUDTAION FROM COLLEGE, MR. THOMPSON MOVED TO FLORIDA WHERE HE BEGAN RESEARCHING HIS BOOK ON SWALE. HE CONDUCTED COUNTLESS INTERVIEWS AND COMPILED AN INCREDIBLE LIST OF SOURCES IN ORDER TO RETELL THE STORY IN THE MOST COMPELLING MANNER POSSIBLE.HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A GREAT PASSION FOR THOROUGHBREDS AND WRITING. THESE TWO QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS ARE VIVIDLY DISPLAYED IN THIS BOOK.

Présentation de l'éditeur

ON NOVEMBER 30 1978, SEATTLE SLEW RETIRED FROM THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE ENTERED STALLION DUTY. IMMEDIATELY, HE BEGAN PRODUCING CHAMPION SONS AND DAUGHTERS AT A FEVER PITCH PACE. ON APRIL 21 1981, ONE OF HIS GREATEST AND MOST BELOVED SONS WAS BORN. HIS NAME WAS SWALE. HE WAS A CHIP OFF THE OLE' BLOCK. THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. DURING HIS SHORT LIFE, SWALE DEFINED THE TRUE MEANING OF COURAGE. WHENEVER HE WAS CHALLENGED, HE ROSE TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE. HE NEVER BACKED AWAY FROM A FIGHT. HE DISPLAYED GRIT AND VALOR OUT ON THAT RACETRACK, LIKE NO THOROUGHBRED BEFORE HIM, OR SINCE. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED READING THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LOVE SWALE, AND YOU WILL NEVER FORGET HIM.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1425901395
ISBN 13 
9781425901394
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  142599072X ISBN 13 :  9781425990725
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2007
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