Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

A Fine Place to Daydream

Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish

A Fine Place to Daydream( )
Author: Barich, Bill
ISBN:978-1-63450-549-9
Publication Date:Oct 2015
Publisher:Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.99
Book Description:

Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels throughout his adopted country and meets the leading trainers and jockeys, the beleaguered bookies who work rain or shine, and a host of passionate, like-minded fans--from Father Sean Breen, the "Racing Priest," to T. P. Reilly, whose peculiar...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Animal Sports / Horse Racing
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:0.615 Pounds
Author Biography
Barich, Bill (Author)
Bill Barich is the author of several books, among them "Laughing in the Hills", "Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California", "Traveling Light", & "Then Sporting Life". He wrote for "The New Yorker" for many years, contributing short stories as well as pieces on such varied subjects as fly fishing, boxing, Italian culture, & his favorite English pub. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow in fiction, & currently lives in San Anselmo, California.

010



Featured Books

Sense and Sensibility
Austen, Jane
Hardback: $20.00
The Book of Love
Link, Kelly
Hardback: $31.00
Master Slave Husband Wife
Woo, Ilyon
Paperback: $19.99

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.