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Author: John Jeremiah Sullivan
First Published: 2004
Type of Work: History and memoir
Time of Work: The twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, particularly 2002-2003
Setting: The United States, particularly Kentucky
Principal Characters: John Jeremiah Sullivan, Mike Sullivan
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, History, Sports writing
Subjects: Parents and children, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Fathers, Death or dying, Sports, Horses, Horsemanship, 2000’s
Locales: Kentucky

When John Sullivan wrote the 2002 cover story for Harper's Magazine, “Horseman, Pass By,” honoring both his father and the sport of horse racing, it won a National Magazine Award and the Eclipse Award (the latter granted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association). Sullivan expanded the article into an autobiographical examination of his relationship with his father and of the historical relationship between humans and horses. This book received universally enthusiastic reviews.

Sullivan opens by explaining that his father, Mike Sullivan, a much-loved sportswriter...

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