A year at the races : reflections on horses, humans, love, money & luck / Jane Smiley.
By: Smiley, Jane.
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BookPublisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004Edition: 1st ed.Description: 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1400040582 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Horse racing -- United States | Race horses -- United States | Human-animal relationships | Smiley, Jane | Horse racing | Race horses -- United States | Human-animal relationship | Smiley, JaneDDC classification: 798.4/00973 Summary: Novelist Jane Smiley pays tribute to horses, describing her childhood love for them, discussing their behavior and the horse-human relationship, interviewing horse experts such as veterinarians, trainers, and a horse whisperer, and chronicling her own two horses' entrance to the world of racing.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287).
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Novelist Jane Smiley pays tribute to horses, describing her childhood love for them, discussing their behavior and the horse-human relationship, interviewing horse experts such as veterinarians, trainers, and a horse whisperer, and chronicling her own two horses' entrance to the world of racing.
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