The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Letts, Elizabeth

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation

Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry's modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Here is the dramatic and inspiring rise to stardom of an unlikely duo. One show at a time, against extraordinary odds and some of the most expensive thoroughbreds alive, the pair climbed to the very top of the sport of show jumping. Their story captured the heart of Cold War-era America--a story of unstoppable hope, inconceivable dreams, and the chance to have it all. They were the longest of all longshots--and their win was the stuff of legend.

Author: Elizabeth Letts
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 05/29/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.20w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780345521095

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 152522 / Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

About the Author
Elizabeth Letts is the award-winning author of two novels, Quality of Care and Family Planning, and one children's book, The Butter Man. Quality of Care was a Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Books-A-Million Book Club selection. An equestrian from childhood, Letts represented California as a junior equestrian, and was runner-up in the California Horse and Rider of the Year competition. She currently lives with her husband and four children in Baltimore, Maryland.