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The sport of kings /

"Hellsmouth, a willful thoroughbred filly with the blood of Triple Crown winners flowing through her veins, has the legacy of the Forges riding on her. One of the oldest and proudest families in Kentucky, the Forge family is as mythic as the history of the South itself. Descended from one of th...

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Main Author:	Morgan, C. E., 1976- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Families > Kentucky > Fiction. Horses > Breeding > Fiction. Horse racing > Fiction. FICTION / Literary. Families. Horse racing. Horses > Breeding. Kentucky. Domestic fiction. Fiction.

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