Battleship: A Daring Heiress, a Teenage Jockey, and America's Horse: A Daring Heiress, a Teenage Jockey, and America's Horse

by Dorothy Ours

Book Overview

The moving story of a tough little horse, a gifted boy, and a woman ahead of her time. The youngest jockey, the smallest horse, and an unconventional heiress who disliked publicizing herself. Together, near Liverpool, England, they made a leap of faith on a spring day in 1938: overriding the jockey's father, trusting the boy and the horse that the British nicknamed the "American pony" to handle a race course that newspapers called "Suicide Lane."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312641850
• ISBN13: 9780312641856
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.7"