The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Dick Francis (Author, Editor), John Welcome (Editor)

Book Description

Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series | Publication Date: June 1991

The master thriller writer and world-renowned champion steeplechase rider has selected these fourteen classics of short fiction to represent the most enthralling of all stories about horse-racing.
Inside, you'll find a stableful of thrills and a few surprises from such famous authors as Arthur Conan Doyle and J.P. Marquand, Beryl Markham and John Galsworthy, Sherwood Anderson and Edgar Wallace. Brimming with color, excitement and atmosphere, here are compelling tales of dreams and treachery, horses and horseplay, Holmes and Watson, love and death, and a full complement of riders, rogues, and the fascinating royalty of the turf.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This 14-story collection of horseracing stories by British and American writers will provide pleasant reading for fans of the "sport of kings." Represented here are such familiar names as Arthur Conan Doyle ("Silver Blaze," the story in which Sherlock Holmes makes his famous pronouncement about "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"), Edgar Wallace ("The Coop," in which the prolific mystery writer's series character, race track tout Educated Evans, turns a surprise profit) and Sherwood Anderson ("I'm a Fool," the first-person narrative of a young man trapped in his own deceit, entertaining despite its outdated racial attitudes). Francis, as might be expected, has a bit of crime at the heart of his "Carrot for a Chestnut," a story of the fixing of a race with an O. Henryish twist. Welcome ( Grand National ) spins a tale of the unlikely racing triumph of an Oxford student over his untrustworthy best friend in "A Glass of Port with the Proctor." The volume opens with Richard Findlay's "The Dream," a nicely done tale of premonition and disaster, and closes with E. de Somerville and Martin Ross's "The Bagman's Pony," an offbeat, amusing story of a race against the clock in Colonial India.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

YA-- Horse lovers and racing fans will enjoy this collection of 14 stories chosen by an outstanding writer as well as a champion rider, but it should also interest other short-story readers since the race track, the betting tables, and the stables attract a fascinating cross-section of high and low life, sharpsters, and splendid rogues. The arcane vocabulary and the track lingo, some of which is outdated by today's standards, flavor the stories and heighten their spirit of adventure, mystery, or humor. Included are selections by Conan Doyle, Beryl Markham, Edgar Wallace, and Dick Francis.
- Mary T. Gerrity, Queen Anne School, Upper Marlboro, MD
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816151717
• ISBN-13: 978-0816151714
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,014,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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