{"product_id":"bill-hartack-the-bittersweet-life-of-a-hall-of-fame-jockey-paperback","title":"Bill Hartack: The Bittersweet Life of a Hall of Fame Jockey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Christine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bill Hartack won the Kentucky Derby five times, and seemed to hate every moment. \"If only Bill could have gotten along with people the way he got along with horses,\" a trainer said. His impoverished upbringing didn't help: his mother was killed in an automobile accident; the family home burned down; his father was murdered by a girlfriend; and he was estranged from his sisters for most of his life. Larry King, his friend, said it was just as well Hartack never married, because it wouldn't have lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hartack was one of racing's most accomplished jockeys. But he was an inveterate grouch and gave the press a hard time. At 26, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Whenever the media tried to bury him, he would win another Derby. At the end of his life, he was found alone in a cabin in the Texas hinterlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawn from dozens of interviews and conversations with family members, friends and enemies, this book provides a full account of Hartack's turbulent life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Christine\u003c\/b\u003e won nine national writing awards and shared in a Pulitzer Prize during his 25 years with the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eRoberto!\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography about baseball great Roberto Clemente. He lives in Torrance, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605587804413,"sku":"9781476663623","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/S0tOejY2OEUrMXFWWnFSM1Mzejg0UT09.webp?v=1780109558","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/bill-hartack-the-bittersweet-life-of-a-hall-of-fame-jockey-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}