American Poetry, Horse Racing

Leaning In

Name: Leaning In
Author: Norah Pollard
ISBN: 9780966278361

by Norah Pollard

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Overview

Poems by Norah Pollard, daughter of Red Pollard, jockey for famed racehorse Seabiscuit, subject of a best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand, a PBS documentary, and an upcoming movie. Many of the poems in this book provide a compelling portrayal of the complex man who was the poet’s father as well as the most renowned jockey of the 1930’s.

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Poems by Norah Pollard, daughter of Red Pollard, jockey for famed racehorse Seabiscuit, subject of a best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand, a PBS documentary, and an upcoming movie. Many of the poems in this book provide a compelling portrayal of the complex man who was the poet s father as well as the most renowned jockey of the 1930 s.