Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
Resource Information
The work Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
The Resource
Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
Resource Information
The work Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in LaGrange County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Label
- Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
- Title remainder
- the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
- Statement of responsibility
- Linda Carroll and David Rosner
- Subject
-
- trueLife stories -- Personal growth
- Biographies
- trueSports and Competition -- Racing | Horses
- trueRace horse trainers
- Jacobs, Hirsch
- Racehorse trainers -- United States -- Biography
- Race horses -- United States
- trueEquestrians
- trueLife stories -- Sports
- trueWorking class
- Horsemen and horsewomen -- United States -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueJacobs, Hirsch
- trueRace horses -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a spirit of optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top-and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Like Stymie, Jacobs was a commoner in "The Sport of Kings," a dirt-poor Brooklyn city slicker who forged an unlikely career as racing's winningest trainer by buying cheap, unsound nags and magically transforming them into winners. The
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 636.1/2092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
Context
Context of Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kingsEmbed (Experimental)
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/resource/bOEjEB0ibsg/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/resource/bOEjEB0ibsg/">Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/">LaGrange County Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Work Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/resource/bOEjEB0ibsg/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/resource/bOEjEB0ibsg/">Out of the clouds : the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.lagrange.lib.in.us/">LaGrange County Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
