DARBY MCCARTHY : Against All Odds

by Callaway, Lauren

First Edition

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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Melbourne Books, 2004. xix, + 281pp., plus 8 page, colour and b/white, photographically illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Previous owner's name to inside front cover. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed. "The racecaller, Johnny Tapp, rated Darby McCarthy in the top 5 Australian jockeys to have ever ridden. How did this 'half blood blackfella' from a squalid camp in Cunnamulla become one of the really significant indigenous Australians in the 20th century? He rode his first winner at the age of 10 in borrowed silks and boots, and went on to win over 1000 races in Australia, England and France . . . he shares his rags to riches story, of a champion who battled the odds to stay in the winning circle, and struggled to find his true identity in the midst of a whirlwind of women, affairs, suicide and breakdowns . . . " Book weight approx. 460g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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