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Author:

McGraw, Eliza R. L., author.

Title:

Here comes Exterminator! : the longshot horse, the Great War, and the making of an American hero / Eliza McGraw.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Thomas Dunne BooksSt. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Exterminator (Race horse)
Race horses--United States--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-314) and index.

Contents:

Uncle Henry -- "One of those larger-than-life figures" -- All-American thoroughbred -- The 1918 Kentucky Derby -- "One of the greatest three-year-olds of the season" -- Remarkable gameness -- "The color of the 1920s" -- Iron horse -- Paper record -- "I could stand against the world" -- "A finer, truer horse never lived."

ISBN:

1250065690
9781250065698

OCLC:

(OCoLC)918994643

LCCN:

2015048660

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

LPPC815 -- Lake View Public Library (Lake View)

WMPC185 -- Marcus Public Library (Marcus)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

RVPB135 -- Pomeroy Public Library (Pomeroy)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)