Flying Change
Smithwick, Patrick
| Autor: | Smithwick, Patrick |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Biography / Autobiography |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.11.2012 |
| EAN: | 9780982304945 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 360 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Publishing Concepts (Baltimore, MD) |
| Untertitel: | A Year of Racing and Family and Steeplechasing |
Produktinformationen "Flying Change"
Inspired by the Henry Taylor poem of the same name, Flying Change is the true story of a man changing strides and leaving the comforts and security of middle-age life to reenter the hazardous and highly competitive world of steeplechasing. After a yourthful career begun under the tutelage of his father, legendary steeplechase jockey A.P. Paddy Smithwick, he gave up riding to become a newspaper editor, a Chesapeake Bay waterman, a teacher of English and literature, and a father. But the one-time jockey could not leave the sport he so loved. At forty-six, he pushed himself back into shape for competitive racing and set about trying to find a horse to ride in the most challenging of timer races, the Maryland Hunt Cup.From the rolling hills of Maryland horse country, Smithwick issues a movingly written call to those of us trapped in increasingly sedentary, digital lives to get up and go outdoors and let the senses play, to feel a cold rain on your shoulders and sit in front of a warm fire, to smell hay and grass and live in the beauty of spring dawns and brilliant autumn sunsets.
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