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Long shot : my bipolar life and the horses who saved me / Sylvia Harris ; with Eunetta T. Boone and William H Boulware.

Title
Long shot : my bipolar life and the horses who saved me / Sylvia Harris ; with Eunetta T. Boone and William H Boulware.
Author
Harris, Sylvia, 1967-
Publication
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

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Description
x, 206 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
The author describes her battle with bipolar disorder, the surprisingly calming effect that grooming, caring for, and eventually racing horses had on her condition.
Subject
  • Harris, Sylvia
  • Horsemanship > Therapeutic use
  • Horses > Psychological aspects
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Women jockeys > Delaware > Biography
  • Bipolar disorder > Anecdotes
  • African American jockeys > Biography
  • Women jockeys > United States > Biography
  • Manic-depressive illness > Patients > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Anecdotes
  • Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Hawthorne Race Course -- Santa Rosa, California -- Los Angeles, California -- Staunton, Virginia -- Orlando, Florida -- Ocala, Florida -- The OBS -- Quail Roost II -- Mr. H -- Breezing -- Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course -- The finish.
ISBN
  • 9780061714443 (alk. paper)
  • 0061714445 (alk. paper)
  • 9780062018038
  • 0062018035
LCCN
^^2011007768
OCLC
  • 739913235
  • SCSB-10821886
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library