| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Based on The Eighty-Dollar Champion, copyright © 2011 by Elizabeth Letts. Originally published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2011"--Title page verso. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. Delacorte Press. |
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Grades 4-6. Delacorte Press. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index. |
| Contents |
The last horses -- On the way home -- Land of clover -- A school for young ladies -- Hollandia Farms -- How to make a living at horses -- The stable boy -- Where the heart is -- The horse can jump -- The horse business -- Snowman's first show -- Sinjon -- The circuit -- The Cinderella House -- New challenges -- Piping Rock, part I: the competition -- Piping Rock, part II: the show begins -- Piping Rock, part III: up and over -- The indoor circuit -- The Diamond Jubilee, part I: off to the races -- The Diamond Jubilee, part II: a whole new world -- The Diamond Jubilee, part III: Snowman soars -- Under the spotlights -- Famous! -- The wind of change -- Camelot -- New Hollandia Farms -- The legacy of a champion. |
| Subject |
Snowman, 1949-1974 -- Juvenile literature.
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Show jumpers (Horses) -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Show horses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Snowman, 1949-1974. |
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Show jumping.
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Show horses.
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| ISBN |
9780593127124 (hardcover) : $17.99 |
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0593127129 (hardcover) |
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