Phar Lap The Wonder Horse

Author : Jackie Kerin
Publisher : Museum Victoria
ISBN 13 : 0980381312
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap the Wonder Horse written by Jackie Kerin and published by Museum Victoria. This book was released on 2008 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of Phar Lap, the great Australian racehorse, written in ballad form for children."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Michael Reason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980619010
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap written by Michael Reason and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Australia's wonder horse, Phar Lap, a Depression-era winner who not only gave hope and joy to Australians but was cheered around the world. Chapters include Phar Lap as a foal, his triumphs, newspaper articles, his records and pedigree and news of his his untimely and mysterious death.

Author : Geoff Armstrong
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9781865089942
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap written by Geoff Armstrong and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book studies the many mysteries of Phar Lap's career, including the infamous shooting that occurred just days before his great triumph in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. The book examines the way an emerging media played its part in building the legend. The authors provide an analysis of his previously unexplained death in North America and explain why Phar Lap is much more than a racehorse.

Author : Isabel Ray Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap written by Isabel Ray Carter and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jackie Kerin
Publisher : Museum Victoria
ISBN 13 : 1921833041
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lyrebird! a True Story written by Jackie Kerin and published by Museum Victoria. This book was released on 2012 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Edith met a cheeky young lyrebird on her garden path, she could not guess that he would one day be known as 'A Miracle of the Dandenongs'. Soon, James the lyrebird was singing and dancing for Edith, mimicking the birdsongs and other sounds that echoed through the bush. Word of their friendship spread and people travelled from near and far to film and record James. But with people came change ... This true story, retold by Jackie Kerin and beautifully illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, celebrates a remarkable friendship between a gardener and one of Australia's most extraordinary birds.

Author : Jan Wositzky
Publisher : Slattery Media Group
ISBN 13 : 9781921778261
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Me & Phar Lap written by Jan Wositzky and published by Slattery Media Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy Woodcock spent a long lifetime with horses, but is best remembered, and loved, as the young man who strapped and looked after Australia's legendary racehorse, Phar Lap. The 1930 Melbourne Cup winner and the people's champion of the Great Depression died mysteriously - cradled by Woodcock - in the US after winning against the odds in Agua Caliente, Mexico, at his only start overseas. The horseman called Phar Lap "Bobby", and knew him best. And Woodcock is fondly known, too, as the old man, who almost 50 years on, trained the gallant Reckless, second in the 1977 Melbourne Cup and winner of the other major "two-mile" races on the Australian turf calendar at the time, the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane Cups. Reckless is the same horse Woodcock let children ride at the track on race day, and was pictured with bunked down in the straw, on the front page of The Age newspaper. Woodcock's life story and his great and heart-breaking moments with Phar Lap and Reckless are told in his own down-to- earth words by a master storyteller, Jan Wositzky, in this updated and revised edition, with a new introduction.

Author : Kelly Ana Morey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781775540526
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daylight Second written by Kelly Ana Morey and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible story, for the first time told in novel form, of Phar Lap, the racehorse that became a champion, and then a legend. And he's done it folks ... Phar Lap first, daylight second. In a new novel about the Australian race horse Phar Lap, award -winning writer, Kelly Ana Morey recreates the short life of the gigantic chestnut gelding who became the darling of the Australian race tracks during the Depression years. From Timaru in New Zealand where he was born, to Australia where he rewrote track and race records and finally Mexico where he would run his last race, Daylight Second chronicles the death threats and attempts on Phar Lap's life that were made before the running of two of the three Melbourne Cups he contested, his many triumphs including winning the Melbourne Cup in 1930 and the Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932, and finally his death in America in mysterious circumstances. Part richly imagined biography, part portrait of two marriages, Daylight Second is also the story of the people who knew the champion race horse as Bobbie; his trainer Harry Telford and beloved strapper Tommy Woodcock, and the two very different women who would become their wives. This extraordinary novel by one of New Zealand's most audacious writers, brings to life the excitement of the track, the highs and lows of the racing game, and the challenges faced by urban working-class Australians between the wars.

Author : Jack Spinty
Publisher : ETT Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1922473480
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap written by Jack Spinty and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first booklet published following the death of Phar Lap, the greatest of all Race Horses, is once again in print; this time augmented by a great selection of 'Big Red' Memorabilia, compiled by Tom Thompson from the auctions of jockeys Jim Pike, Billy Elliott and strapper Tommy Woodcock. With race day programs and souvenirs from his Melbourne Cup and Agua Calient triumphs, here is a fine reminder of the Wonder-Horse!

Author : BIFF LOWRY
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 149690253X
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killing Phar Lap written by BIFF LOWRY and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innumerable books, articles and a full length motion picture have been written and produced about the almost unbelievable career of the magnificent race horse Phar Lap and his mysterious death. Many experts have proclaimed him to be the greatest ever. This book corrects much of the misinformation surrounding his death and opens the door to further theorizing on how and why be died.

Author : Michael Reason
Publisher : Museum Victoria
ISBN 13 : 192183336X
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phar Lap written by Michael Reason and published by Museum Victoria. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phar Lap is one of Australia’s best-loved icons. The story of the gangly foal who became one of the greatest racehorses ever has captured Australians’ hearts for generations. Phar Lap: A True Legend, written by museum curator Michael Reason, has delighted and informed readers for the last five years. Now this fascinating story has been updated to include new evidence which finally reveals the reason behind the champion’s untimely death. Illustrated with archival images of the great horse, as well as colour images of many of the intriguing Phar Lap objects in the museum collection.