About this item
Now in paperback the book that Newsweek calls ldquowonderful witty and wiserdquo vividly recounts a time years ago when a racehorse thrilled America and became a legend bull A great underdog story Born with a bad leg and nearly destroyed at birth in Dan Patch became the greatest champion racehorse of his day lowering the record for the mile by four seconds an astounding achievement that stood for decades Put to work pulling a wagon he was entered in a race as a lark but won itand never lost throughout his long career bull A bygone American era Crazy Good is the story of America in simpler times when the automobile was a novelty and most people preferred horses an era when horse racing pacers and trotterswas a dominant sport of the day bull Colorful writing colorful characters Leerhsen populates his story with great characters from the entrepreneur owner who made Dan Patch into a household name to the alcoholic gambler who drove the horse to his greatest victories.
About the Author
Charles Leerhsen, the author of Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw and the New York Times bestseller Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, has written articles for Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Air Mail, Money, People, Yahoo News and TV Guide. He has been an editor at SI, People and Us Weekly, and spent 11 years at Newsweek, where as a senior writer he covered sports (including several Olympic Games) , entertainment, family stories and breaking news. At Newsweek he won the National Mental Health Association award for a cover story on alcohol and the family. He has also co-written three best-selling biographies: Trump: Surviving at the Top, with Donald Trump; Press On! Adventures in the Good Life, with pioneer aviator Chuck Yeager; and The Last Great Ride, with entertainment mogul Brandon Tartikoff. Leerhsen's previous books were the award-winning Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America and the highly acclaimed Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and the Birth of the Indy 500. He is currently working on his fifth book for Simon & Schuster. Leerhsen has three daughters: Erica, Deborah and Nora. He and his wife, the writer and psychotherapist Sarah Saffian (www.saffian.com) , live in Brooklyn.See more about the author and his books at Leerhsen.com.
