The Eighty-dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse that Inspired a Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0345521099
- ISBN-13
- 9780345521095
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 329
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Elizabeth Letts
Description
Traces the story of a champion equine jumper and the Dutch farmer who rescued him from the slaughterhouse, recounting how the farmer discovered Snowman's jumping talents and trained him to compete against the world's thoroughbreds.
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