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They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They
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Author : Peter Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2010-10-01
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They written by Peter Thompson and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Phar Lap's rise to greatness in 1930 triggered extraordinary excitement across Australia but it also spooked bookmakers, who faced ruin if the wonder horse won the Melbourne Cup. Rumours were swirling: would Phar Lap be stopped, whatever the cost? They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They? starts with a scene straight out of a Raymond Chandler whodunit, as two shadowy figures, one armed with a shotgun, try to assassinate Phar Lap on a quiet suburban backstreet. With his life in peril, the champion is spirited away to a secret location, while one of the city's most famous detectives leads the hunt for the culprits. On Cup Day, an hour before the jump, Phar Lap's whereabouts remain a mystery to the public. Finally, he arrives at the track, a huge crowd cheering him on. The police have been told to 'have their men along the rails' because the perpetrators of Saturday's attack intend to strike again. But was the 'shooting' all that it seemed? Only one thing is certain--after all he'd been through, it would take a phenomenal performance for Phar Lap to win this Cup...
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They
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Author : Geoff Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Pier 9
Release Date : 2010
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They written by Geoff Armstrong and has been published by Pier 9 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Phar Lap's assault on the 1930 Melbourne Cup generated unprecedented excitement across Australia. For the newspapers, the twin stories of sporting greatness and seedy corruption were a sensational cocktail. Readers lapped it up, while for the poor punters, suffering during the Great Depression, a Phar Lap triumph was their best hope of turning one quid into two. This is the story of four days in November that became at the same time the most famous and infamous in Cup history.
My Grandad Knew Phar Lap
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language : en
Publisher: Fremantle Press
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My Grandad Knew Phar Lap written by and has been published by Fremantle Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Me Phar Lap
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Author : Jan Wositzky
language : en
Publisher: Slattery Media Group
Release Date : 2011
Me Phar Lap written by Jan Wositzky and has been published by Slattery Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Horse racing categories.
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.
Killing Phar Lap
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Author : BIFF LOWRY
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-04-14
Killing Phar Lap written by BIFF LOWRY and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Phar Lap
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Author : Geoff Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2003
Phar Lap written by Geoff Armstrong and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
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.
The Dingoes Lament
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Author : John Bois
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Release Date : 2018-11-01
The Dingoes Lament written by John Bois and has been published by Melbourne Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Dingoes reached the climax of their Australian success in 1974 with their self-titled LP and singles Way Out West and Boy on the Run. They were inducted in the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2009. This is the story of the Dingoes' one chance to make it big on the international stage. It is a rollicking road trip of five Aussie musicians travelling across the USA in preparation for their big break - supporting their stable-mates Lynyrd Skynyrd on a national tour. It is a story of making music, life in a band, but above all it is a yarn, in the best Australian tradition, spun around true events and real characters.
Crown Jewels Of Thoroughbred Racing
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Author : Richard Stone Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Release Date : 1997
Crown Jewels Of Thoroughbred Racing written by Richard Stone Reeves and has been published by Eclipse Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Horse racing categories.
Includes articles about twenty five of the world's most famous racetracks, along with paintings of many of the world's most famous race horses.
A Sporting Nation
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Author : Paul Cliff
language : en
Publisher: National Library Australia
Release Date : 1999
A Sporting Nation written by Paul Cliff and has been published by National Library Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
A Sporting Nation will appeal equally to the serious sports enthusiast and mainstream reader. Its main text comprises excerpts from the Library's oral history recordings, with additional features by Olympian Marlene Mathews, and Eric Rolls and Marion Halligan.Twenty-six richly illustrated features present a broad and popular sweep through the nation's sporting culture, opening with a recollection of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and a survey of the Sydney 2000 Games by Marlene Mathews.
The Long Story
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Author : Graham Perrett
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2023-05-01
The Long Story written by Graham Perrett and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-01 with History categories.
Wayne Long is a proud Murri man, born in St George on the Balonne River, but he is also a child of the Middle Kingdom – his grandfather, Old Billy Long, was part of the Chinese diaspora. Wayne’s story is interwoven with the historical, political and social events that have impacted on inter-racial relations in Australia for more than two hundred years, from Cook’s landing to Mabo, from the Frontier Wars to the 1987 Goondiwindi riots, from the White Australia Policy to Paul Keating’s Redfern speech. It is a Long story – long in history and blood, and long in personal tragedy and resilience – that gives a voice to that compelling presence that has always been here but rarely heard. Wayne Long’s journey, like that of so many Australians with First Nations and Chinese roots, is one of humour, wonder, sadness, resilience. A triumph of magic and endurance. “Wayne is as strong on his long links back to the Middle Kingdom as he is on his Kamilaroi roots. Irrespective of the name of his ancestral village, he knows where he belongs. And just like every home – it doesn’t really matter where you’re from, it’s how you commit to where you’re at that truly counts.”