{"product_id":"out-of-the-clouds-linda-carroll-9780316432238","title":"Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the bestselling tradition of\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eThe Eighty-Dollar Champion\u003c\/i\u003e, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a spirit of optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top-and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Like Stymie, Jacobs was a commoner in \"The Sport of Kings,\" a dirt-poor Brooklyn city slicker who forged an unlikely career as racing's winningest trainer by buying cheap, unsound nags and magically transforming them into winners. The $1,500 pittance Jacobs paid to claim Stymie became history's biggest bargain as the ultimate iron horse went on to run a whopping 131 races and win 25 stakes, becoming the first Thoroughbred ever to earn more than $900,000. The Cinderella champion nicknamed \"The People's Horse\" captivated the masses with his rousing charge-from-behind stretch runs, his gritty blue-collar work ethic, and his rags-to-riches success story. In a golden age when horse racing rivaled baseball and boxing as America's most popular pastime, he was every bit as inspiring a sports hero as Joe DiMaggio and Joe Louis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking readers on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e -- the winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award -- unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Carroll, David Rosner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316432237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316432238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Linda Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992942870783,"sku":"9780316432238","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc4380de-4f3f-4156-874d-da74f04bb5ad.jpg?v=1683321662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-the-clouds-linda-carroll-9780316432238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}