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Author: Mim E Rivas
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780060567040
ISBN 10: 006056704
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 April 2006
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Compelling...provides a vivid slice of Americana. -- Parade
Seabiscuit had nothing on Beautiful Jim Key. -- Sacramento Bee A wonderful slice of American life at the turn of the last century . . . [Rivas] deserves praise. --Contra Costa Times Engaging . . . filled with eyebrow-raising details. --Entertainment Weekly Seabiscuit had nothing on Beautiful Jim Key. --Sacramento Bee 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 Like Laura Hillenbrand's SEABISCUIT, this brilliantly recreated history of BEAUTIFUL JIM KEY is destined to become a classic. --David Geffen A charming story about an equine superstar. . . . a winsome tale. --Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice) A wonderful true story of an extraordinary horse and an equally extraordinary man. Beautiful Jim Key, is astonishing. --Berry Gordy Beautiful Jim Key may be the biggest celebrity you've never heard of--until now . . . fascinting and touching --Winston-Salem Journal Compelling...provides a vivid slice of Americana. --Parade Beautiful Jim Key represents a rediscovered treasure that has lain hidden for almost a century. . . . Remarkable --Bob Womack, author of The Echo of Hoof Beats: History of the Tennessee Walking Horse Rivas performs an important service by bringing this story to light and reminding us how it was almost lost. --Knoxville News-Sentinel Engaging . . . filled with eyebrow-raising details. --Entertainment Weekly Jim Key, in his own beautiful way, whispered to Americans hearts and awakened their soul. --Los Angeles Times Compelling...provides a vivid slice of Americana. --Parade A wonderful true story of an extraordinary horse and an equally extraordinary man. Beautiful Jim Key, is astonishing. --Berry Gordy Like Laura Hillenbrand s SEABISCUIT, this brilliantly recreated history of BEAUTIFUL JIM KEY is destined to become a classic. --David Geffen Beautiful Jim Key represents a rediscovered treasure that has lain hidden for almost a century. . . . Remarkable --Bob Womack, author of The Echo of Hoof Beats: History of the Tennessee Walking Horse Rivas performs an important service by bringing this story to light and reminding us how it was almost lost. --Knoxville News-Sentinel If Beautiful Jim Key were alive today, he d have a movie deal. --People A wonderful slice of American life at the turn of the last century . . . [Rivas] deserves praise. --Contra Costa Times Seabiscuit had nothing on Beautiful Jim Key. --Sacramento Bee Beautiful Jim Key may be the biggest celebrity you ve never heard of--until now . . . fascinting and touching --Winston-Salem Journal A charming story about an equine superstar. . . . a winsome tale. --Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice)
Author Information
Mim Eichler Rivas is the author of the acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key, as well as the coauthor of more than eighteen books, including The Pursuit of Happyness and Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher.
