And They're Off!: My Years as the Voice of Thoroughbred Racing

Georgeff, Phil

ISBN 10: 0878332642 / ISBN 13: 9780878332649

Editore: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2002

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Riassunto:

Beloved for his thunderous, commanding voice and affable personality, Phil Georgeff, known as "The Voice of Chicago Racing," holds the world record for calling the most horse races—an astounding 96,131. During his fifty years in the sport, Georgeff brushed shoulders with every great jockey and saw just about every great horse, from 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation to 1973's Secretariat. Part memoir, part historical analysis, and part nostalgic remembrance, this book is the quintessential guide to the history of thoroughbred racing in the twentieth century.

Informazioni sull?autore: Phil Georgeff is the most famous man in the Chicago thoroughbred horseracing world. Author of two novels on horseracing, he lives in Fairhope, Alabama. Jim O'Donnell, a staff writer for The Chicago Sun-Times, lives in Chicago, Illinois. Tom Durkin, the "voice" of NBC's annual Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup telecasts, lives in New York.

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Titolo: And They're Off!: My Years as the Voice of ...
Casa editrice: Taylor Trade Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good