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The first book Dick Francis wrote - his pre-war childhood in the stables run by his rather, his war experience in the RAF and his post war steeplechasing career in particular. All though the names are now dated, this is an in depth description of National Hunt racing, culminating in the famous fall by Devon Loch fifty yards from the end of the Grand National.
A final chapter added later cruises over his journalism career, his first thriller and the next thirty years of his writing career until he and his wife relocate to Florida in 1986.
A final chapter added later cruises over his journalism career, his first thriller and the next thirty years of his writing career until he and his wife relocate to Florida in 1986.
