The Great Match Race is a captivating account of America\'s First Sports spectacle, a horse race that pitted North against South in three grueling heats.
The renowned sportswriter John Eisenberg captures all the pulse-pounding drama and behind-the-scenes tensions in a page-turning mix of history, horse racing, and pure entertainment..
Their Match race would come to represent a watershed moment in American history, crystallizing the differences that so fundamentally divided the country.
Eclipse was the majestic champion representing the North, and Henry, an equine arriviste, was the pride of the South.
On a bright afternoon in May 1823, an unprecedented sixty thousand people showed up to watch two horses run the equivalent of nine Kentucky Derbys in a few hours\' time.
The Great Match Race is a captivating account of America\'s First Sports spectacle, a horse race that pitted North against South in three grueling heats
