Crossing the line : a fearless team of brothers and the sport that changed their lives forever / Kareem Rosser.
"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..."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781250270863
- ISBN: 1250270863
- ISBN: 9781250837165
- ISBN: 1250837162
- Physical Description: 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 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: | Autobiography. |
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