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A wonderful slice of American life at the turn of the last century. -- Contra Costa Times Beautiful Jim Key represents a rediscovered treasure that has lain hidden for almost a century. -- Bob Womack, author of The Echo of Hoof Beats Chronicles the adventures of a great horse and the men who loved him...Rivas's engaging story is filled with eyebrow-raising details -- Entertainment Weekly Compelling...provides a vivid slice of Americana. -- Parade If Beautiful Jim Key were alive today, he'd have a movie deal. -- People Jim Key, in his own beautiful way, whispered to Americans' hearts and awakened their soul. -- Los Angeles Times Just might be the bottled lightning that was Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit. -- Kirkus Reviews Rivas performs an important service by bringing this story to light and reminding us how it was almost lost. -- Knoxville News-Sentinel Rivas shows how the intimate bond between horse and man prompted hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to pledge 'always to be kind to animals' and propelled the growth of animal-rights and anti-cruelty groups. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Seabiscuit had nothing on Beautiful Jim Key. -- Sacramento Bee

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Mim Eichler Rivas has worked as an author, coauthor and collaborator on more than eighteen books, including the New York Times Bestsellers The Pursuit of Happyness with Chris Gardner Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher, and A Mother For All Seasons with Debbie Phelp. Mim is the sole author of the highly acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key. Mim and her family live in Hermosa Beach, California. Mim Eichler Rivas has worked as an author, coauthor and collaborator on more than eighteen books, including the New York Times Bestsellers The Pursuit of Happyness with Chris Gardner Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher, and A Mother For All Seasons with Debbie Phelp. Mim is the sole author of the highly acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key. Mim and her family live in Hermosa Beach, California.

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