Jack Gilden

The Fast Ride

Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of one of history’s fastest racehorses, a humiliating defeat, the steep price of striving at all costs, and an American era in which getting everything you ever wanted could be the most empty and unfulfilling sensation of all.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781496236197
• ISBN-10: 149623619X
• Artikelnr.: 67485484

Autorenporträt

Jack Gilden is a past winner of the Simon Rockower journalism award. He is the author of Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL (Nebraska, 2018). He also consults for businesses about their messaging and teaches journalism and composition at the college level.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note
Introduction
1. A Steel Spine
2. The Crucible
3. Old Hilltop
4. The Beard
5. Middleburg
6. And They’re Off
7. Rough Riders
8. Follow the Money
9. Retribution
10. Coke Was It
11. Derby Days
12. Coming Home
13. Out of Control
14. A Fearful Ride
15. Moving On
16. Saying Goodbye
17. Crossing the Wire
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index