by Elizabeth Letts, Bronson Pinchot
The story was cute but was basically about one very lucky man with very little talent (he never did repeat his success with any other horse as far as I know) and a strong desire to show off. Hated the writing. The author explained the "horsey" parts of the book to the readers like they were 5 years ...
What a great story. A Dutch emigrant, trying to make a life for his family, impulsively pulls one particular sorry horse off a trailer bound for the glue factory, rescuing what was to become the most celebrated jumping horse of his era. Only, at first the horse can't even walk over poles on the gr...
Excellent feel good story involving a horse and a man. I listened to the audio version, and the narrator did an excellent job as well. I highly recommend. I wouldn't listen to the last hour while driving however, the tears filling your eyes will make it very hard to navigate the road. It's a rea...
A great story to work with here. Sometimes we all need to read something that just feels a little good. In all honesty, you could just look at the cover on this--The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, The Horse That Inspired a Nation--and have a good gist of what is in store for you. However, I enj...
I'm only allowed to give this book the maximum of 5 stars, but it deserves so many more. An incredible horse and an honest, hard-working, good man. Champions, indeed.
Snowman was a horse bound for the “glue factory” when Harry de Leyer spotted him. Something in his eyes told Harry that this was no ordinary horse, and Harry knew horses! Although Harry and his family loved Snowman Harry had bigger plans for his riding school and Snowman was after all only an old ...
A feel-good story that made me cry several times.
As a former equestrian athlete, I always find something special about horse stories. With "The Eighty-Dollar Champion," Elizabeth Letts has shared an especially poignant tale.Snowman was around eight years old when Dutch immigrant Harry de Leyer rescued him from a truck bound for the knacker. de L...
I LOVED this book. I was a big horse lover as a child - almost obsessive about them. I read every book I could find about horses (fiction and nonfiction), kept scrapbooks about the Triple Crown, and watched every horse show on TV. This book brought all that back and more. Letts captured the emotions...
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