The Great Match Race

When North Met South in America's First Sports Spectacle

von John Eisenberg

274 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Great Match Race is a captivating account of America's first sports spectacle, a horse race that pitted North against South in three grueling heats. On a bright afternoon in May 1823, an unprecedented sixty thousand people showed up to watch two horses run the equivalent of nine Kentucky Derbys in a few hours' time. Eclipse was the majestic champion representing the North, and Henry, an equine arriviste, was the pride of the South. Their match race would come to represent a watershed moment in American history, crystallizing the differences that so fundamentally divided the country. The renowned sportswriter John Eisenberg captures all the pulse-pounding drama and behind-the-scenes tensions in a page-turning mix of history, horse racing, and pure entertainment.

• Themen: Sport & Freizeit Pferdesport, Tiersportarten Pferderennen
• ISBN: 9780618872114
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2007
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin