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Snowman (February 29, 1948 – September 24, 1974) [citation needed] was a former plow horse [1] of mixed breed ancestry, possibly a cross of a grade horse with a US Army Remount stallion. [ citation needed ] He was purchased for $80 on his way to a slaughterhouse and became a champion in show jumping in the United States during the 1950s.
The press and the public loved Snowman, and his rags to riches story. In 1959 deLeyer and Snowman once again took the Blue Ribbon at Madison Square Garden, and Snowman was again named "Horse of the Year." [1] DeLeyer and Snowman traveled the world, delighting fans wherever they went. They appeared on numerous TV shows, and were genuine celebrities.
She is the author of multiple books, including Quality of Care; Family Planning; The Butter Man; The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation, a #1 New York Times bestseller.;, [1] The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis, which reached #5 on the New York Times ...
Walter Farley (born Walter Lorimer Farley, 26 June 1915 – 16 October 1989) [1] was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children.His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941), [2] the success of which led to many sequels over decades; the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven.
His book The Littlest Snowman was also adapted into a film as a segment of Christmas Fairy Tale (12 minutes). Previously, a shorter adaptation narrated by Bob Keeshan had been annually shown on the CBS children's daytime television show Captain Kangaroo. The Littlest Snowman won the Thomas A. Edison Prize for the best children's story of 1956. [5]
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The Saddle Club is a series of intermediate children's books published by Bantam Books between 1988 and 2001. The series was created by a publishing house using the contract writing services of self-professed equestrian novice Bonnie Bryant.