{"product_id":"blood-horses-notes-of-a-sportswriters-son","title":"Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son","description":"From the award-wining author of Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan's first book, Blood Horses, combines personal reflections about his father and an in-depth look at the history and culture of Thoroughbred racehorses.\n\nWinner of a 2004 Whiting Writers' Award\n\n\"Sullivan has found the transcendent in the horse.\"--Sports Illustrated\n\nOne evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise. \"I was at Secretariat's Derby, in '73. That was ... just beauty, you know?\"\n\nJohn Jeremiah Sullivan didn't know, not really-but he spent two years finding out, journeying from prehistoric caves to the Kentucky Derby in pursuit of what Edwin Muir called \"our long-lost archaic companionship\" with the horse. The result-winner of a National Magazine Award and named a Book of the Year by The Economist magazine-is an unprecedented look at Equus caballus, incorporating elements of memoir, reportage, and the picture gallery.\n\nIn the words of the New York Review of Books, Blood Horses \"reads like Moby-Dick as edited by F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . Sullivan is an original and greatly gifted writer.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312423764\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0312423764.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sullivan, John Jeremiah\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41720664064058,"sku":"DBV.0312423764.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0312423764-0.jpg?v=1791094738","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/blood-horses-notes-of-a-sportswriters-son","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}