{"product_id":"the-great-match-race-when-north-met-south-in-americas-first-sports-spectacle-isbn-9780618872114","title":"The Great Match Race: When North Met South in America's First Sports Spectacle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great Match Race is a captivating account of America's first sports spectacle, a horse race that pitted North against South in three grueling heats. On a bright afternoon in May 1823, an unprecedented sixty thousand people showed up to watch two horses run the equivalent of nine Kentucky Derbys in a few hours' time. Eclipse was the majestic champion representing the North, and Henry, an equine arriviste, was the pride of the South. Their match race would come to represent a watershed moment in American history, crystallizing the differences that so fundamentally divided the country. The renowned sportswriter John Eisenberg captures all the pulse-pounding drama and behind-the-scenes tensions in a page-turning mix of history, horse racing, and pure entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Eisenberg tells the stories of the two great horses and their human connection with a novelist's dramatic flair...\" Booklist, ALA, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eisenberg succeeds in creating a gripping yarn of sporting contest...\" Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...surely the most entertaining book of sports history ever written...It's a grand and glorious story...\" -- Frank Deford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Now the definitive account of a stupendous event that was a preview of modern American sports...\" -- Ed Hotaling, author of Wink, The Great Black Jockeys, and They're Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary account of America's first major sports spectacle...\" -- Joe Hirsch, Daily Racing Form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eisenberg's masterfully woven narrative...is as important today as it was two centuries ago.\" Mim Eichler-Rivas, author of Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEisenberg’s melding of history and sports journalism is altogether superb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirkus Reviews, Starred\u003cbr\u003e\"Let's get right to the point:  This is a lead-pipe cinch, mortal lock, lay-your money-down sure thing of a book.\" The Baltimore Sun\u003cbr\u003e\"Eisenberg expertly captures the passions in his telling of the contest. . .the pages flip by faster than jockey colors.\" The Chicago Tribune","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890231079141,"sku":"NP9780618872114","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780618872114.jpg?v=1730232822","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-great-match-race-when-north-met-south-in-americas-first-sports-spectacle-isbn-9780618872114","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}