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An Englishman in Texas
a memoir
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Artikel-Nr:
9781948692021
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2018
Seiten:
144
Autor:
Ron Kenney
Gewicht:
191 g
Format:
216x140x8 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ron Kenney is a first-time author, but a lifelong storyteller.
An Englishman in Texas is a memoir by Ron Kenney, an English jockey who came to the United States in 1960. His autobiographical account begins with his childhood in the northeast of England during WWII. He goes on to describe how, with no knowledge of horses, he was sent four hundred miles from home at 14 years of age to apprentice as a jockey. He'd been turned away by the foreman at the coal mine because he was too small. The story follows Kenney through his coming of age to his coming to America when he was 30. It follows his fortunes in pursuit of the American Dream. Kenney tells of riding horses for some of the wealthiest and most famous horse trainers in Texas. He tells of his loves and his betrayals, and he introduces the people who helped him along the way.