Review by Eric Banks In Here Comes Exterminator!, writer Eliza McGraw revisits the life of the 1918 Kentucky Derby–winning gelding Exterminator, one of the most… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Here Comes Exterminator!”
Tag: horseracing
#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian
Review by Katherine Mooney Christopher McGrath begins Mr. Darley’s Arabian in the starting gate at Newmarket and follows Frankel to victory in the… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian”
#ShelfieSunday: My Colourful Life: from Red to Amber
Review of Ginger McCain, My Colourful Life: from Red to Amber. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2005, 2006, 2014. Review by Anastasija Ropa In this lively autobiography,… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: My Colourful Life: from Red to Amber”
#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men
Katherine C. Mooney Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014 Hardcover: $35.00 ISBN 9780674281424 Subject matter:… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men”
#SourceSaturday: The General Stud Book
It’s racing month here at EHC, so we’re kicking off our first #SourceSaturday with the General Stud Book, originally (and still) produced by the Weatherbys.… Read more “#SourceSaturday: The General Stud Book”
#ShelfieSunday: Crowdsourcing
We put out a call for a crowdsource bibliography on twitter, and the crowd went wild! We’ll be adding these suggestions to our bibliography, and… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Crowdsourcing”