Crossing the line : a fearless team of brothers and the sport that changed their lives forever
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250270863 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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Subject: | Rosser, Kareem African American polo players -- Biography Polo players -- United States -- Biography Brothers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | GV 1010.32 .R67 A3 2021 (Text) | 58500001128545 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom", a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly's Fairmount Park, Kareem's brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers' fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons. What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team--all while struggling to keep his family together.