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Archive for November, 2009

Horses, the second most popular spectator sport in America remains as important as ever, but age, high drama and historical appeal as the “king of sport, to ensure” that is also a place in literary history. The author of countless have been prepared in search of the object, the romance of racing – one victory and tragedy of life on a horse. This will take the concept of an endurance horse, to compile a complete list of this novel – a former thoroughbred horse-Racer-in-mystery writer Dick Francis has written only a small library of them – but here are some of the most important.

National Velvet
Classic literature for children, “the novel from 1935 Velvet Enid Bagnold for Brown, working-class British teenager who suddenly recognizes the dream and save thoroughbred horse racing, where a mysterious old man, they can be competitive horse in his will. Memorable film version Elizabeth Taylor in 1944 to help young Velvet, together with the horse, a symbol of female independence and strength, long before GI Jane, Title IX, and Sally Ride.
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