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Battleship: A Daring Heiress, A Teenage Jockey, and America's Horse
Battleship A Daring Heiress A Teenage Jockey and America's Horse Author:Dorothy Ours The moving story of a tough little horse, a gifted boy, and a woman ahead of her time.�The youngest jockey, the smallest horse, and an unconventional heiress who disliked publicizing herself.� Together, near Liverpool, England, they made a leap of faith on a spring day in 1938: overriding the jockey?s father, trusting the boy and the horse that ... more »the British nicknamed ?The American Pony? to handle a race course that newspapers called ?Suicide Lane.?� There, Battleship might become the first American racer to win England?s monumental, century-old Grand National steeplechase.� His rider, Great Britain?s Bruce Hobbs, was only 17 years old.�Hobbs started life with an advantage:�his father, Reginald, was a superb professional horseman.�But Reg Hobbs also made extreme demands, putting Bruce in situations that horrified the boy?s mother and sometimes terrified the child.� Bruce had to decide just how brave he could stand to be.�On the other side of the Atlantic, the enigmatic Marion duPont grew up at the estate now known as James Madison?s Montpelier?the refuge of America?s ?Father of the Constitution.?� Rejecting her chance to be a debutante, denied a corporate role because of her gender, Marion chose a pursuit where horses spoke for her.� Taking on the world?s toughest race, she would leave her film star husband, Randolph Scott, a continent away and be pulled beyond her own control.� With its reach from Lindbergh?s transatlantic flight to Cary Grant?s Hollywood, Battleship is an epic tale of testing your true worth.« less