Santa Anita Racetrack

Santa Anita Morning Rhapsody
$59.95
I originally purchased this book for my daughter who LOVES horses and has been to the Santa Anita track. Since then I have purchased several more to give as gifts. Ms. Davis has an excellent eye and has truly captured the 'aura' of the horses, as well as the people and location that surround them.

Santa Anita Horse Racing Film: The Long Shot (1939) [DVD] - A Thoroughbred Breeders Race Horse Film Starring Gordon Jones & Marsha Hunt
$9.99
Superb acting and a heartwarming story make The Long Shot just as enjoyable today as it did in nineteen thirty nine when it became a wildly successful at the box office. Amidst angst, strife, and downright maliciousness, thoroughbred racehorse trainers played by the stellar Gordon Jones and Marsha Hunt are determined to enter their prize horse in the Santa Anita handicap horserace. Against all odds, and against the persistent urgings of the mob, the horse will get his shot at winning the race. Capitalizing on the success of true story underdog horseracing champion Seabiscuit, The Long Shot is a marvelous feel good film that should be savored by all.

Pearl Harbor and the American Spirit: The World War II Generation Remembers the Tragic Event That Transformed a Nation
$32.95
Your book had great meaning for me. It is a remarkable collection of personal narratives that bring history to life! Art Linkletter Pearl Harbor and the American Spirit is perhaps the first publication to document the broad human experience of December 7, 1941. In this groundbreaking book, people from all across America recall how their lives were suddenly changed forever by Japan's dastardly attack in Hawaii. These fascinating stories carry the reader back in time to vintage diners, filling stations, railroad depots, drug stores, family farms, sports stadiums, churches, barracks, and other places where the alarming news of the Pearl Harbor ambush was announced to a stunned nation. The speakers tell how they dutifully answered the call to arms while experiencing dislocation and heartbreaking separation from loved ones in the process. During the war, millions of young Americans eventually left home for military camps, defense plants, and foreign battlefields. Their fleeting adolescence had ended with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Many narrators discuss significant personal, national, and world events from the time of the Great Depression through WWII, thus making this book a fine introduction to the momentous Roosevelt era. Readers learn how the children of the Depression overcame hardship and acquired the sturdy character that enabled them to emerge as liberators of the world. Plain-spoken, patriotic, and poignant, these captivating narratives portray a humble, remarkable generation in their grand hour of distinction.

Santa Anita
$39.95
The Book documents the historic Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California. The book contains 86 duotone (black & white reproductions of photographs by William Karl Valentine. These photographs capture all aspects of the park including Willie Shoemaker's last ride and famous horses such as Alyheba and Ferdinand. The Introduction, which tells of track's history, is by long time Racing Form columnist Leon Rasmussen.