Phar Lap : the story of Australia's greatest ever racehorse / Geoff Armstrong & Peter Thompson
- Bib ID:
- 8066041
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Armstrong, Geoff, 1961-, author
- Edition:
- Revised & updated edition.
- Description:
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- Concord, NSW : Stoke Hill Press, 2019
- ©2019
- 310 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780994500892 (paperback)
- Summary:
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The definitive biography of the great racehorse Phar Lap, recalling the champion's most famous victories and the alleged shooting attempt against him on Derby Day in 1930, and analysing the cause of his mysterious death in California in 1932. The book also compares Phar Lap to other great horses, including the modern champion Winx.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- "Revised, updated and featuring the ultimate match race: Phar Lap v Winx"--Cover.
- First published in hardback in 2000, Published in paperback in 2003.
- NLApp85728
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Thompson, Peter, author
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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