The great match race
Subtitle: when North met South in America's first sports spectacle
By: John Eisenberg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780618556120
Subjects: History; Sir Henry (Race horse); Race horses; Horse racing; Biography; American Eclipse (Race horse)
Description: Describes the epic 1823 series of match races that took place on Long Island between Eclipse, a horse representing the growing industrial power of the northern states, and Henry, a horse that embodied the values of the South.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-247) and index.