Special Edition: The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The Voice of Santa Anita by Rudolph Valier Alvarado
BooksSpecial Edition: The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The Voice of Santa Anita by Rudolph Valier Alvarado16.10In April 2009, this biography was awarded the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, an award that recognizes Thoroughbred horse racing's Book of the Year. The book was also a finalist for six additional national book awards.
Rudolph Alvarado’s compelling and in-depth biography captures the story of Joe Hernandez, a Mexican-American, who despite his ethnic background became thoroughbred horse racing’s greatest race caller at a time when most Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were being repatriated to Mexico due to America’s Great Depression. Alvarado’s biography uncovers the extent to which Hernandez went to fit into this Anglo-American dominated world, and reveals that Hernandez’s impact on the sport of thoroughbred horse racing went far beyond that of being a race caller. This is the first biography ever written about a Mexican-American involved in the sport of horse racing and the first to capture the social impact that a sport played in shaping the life of a Mexican-American.
In reviewing the book, two time Eclipse Award winner, Bill Mooney wrote, "One cannot question the passion with which the author approached his subject. The amount of research involved... is very impressive. Hernandez was indeed an enigma... [a]nd the enigmatic components of his private life constitute the truly compelling aspect of the Hernandez story and of the book itself.... This book is a very good read."
Of the book, retired horse racing steward and winner of the Eclipse of Merit and Joe H. Palmer Award of Merit from the New York Writer's Association, Pete Pedersen wrote, "This biography stands as a remarkable work of research.... The romance of horse racing, the source of so much of its appeal, is given full marks.... But it's the subject, Joe Hernandez, who emerges as a catalyst.... The book is a great read. For anyone who wants to know what horse racing was and is - it's a keeper! Joe Hernandez was larger than life. This rendition paints the portrait."
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In April 2009, this biography was awarded the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, an award that recognizes Thoroughbred horse racing's Book of the Year. The book was also a finalist for six additional national book awards.
Rudolph Alvarado’s compelling and in-depth biography captures the story of Joe Hernandez, a Mexican-American, who despite his ethnic background became thoroughbred horse racing’s greatest race caller at a time when most Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were being repatriated to Mexico due to America’s Great Depression. Alvarado’s biography uncovers the extent to which Hernandez went to fit into this Anglo-American dominated world, and reveals that Hernandez’s impact on the sport of thoroughbred horse racing went far beyond that of being a race caller. This is the first biography ever written about a Mexican-American involved in the sport of horse racing and the first to capture the social impact that a sport played in shaping the life of a Mexican-American.
In reviewing the book, two time Eclipse Award winner, Bill Mooney wrote, "One cannot question the passion with which the author approached his subject. The amount of research involved... is very impressive. Hernandez was indeed an enigma... [a]nd the enigmatic components of his private life constitute the truly compelling aspect of the Hernandez story and of the book itself.... This book is a very good read."
Of the book, retired horse racing steward and winner of the Eclipse of Merit and Joe H. Palmer Award of Merit from the New York Writer's Association, Pete Pedersen wrote, "This biography stands as a remarkable work of research.... The romance of horse racing, the source of so much of its appeal, is given full marks.... But it's the subject, Joe Hernandez, who emerges as a catalyst.... The book is a great read. For anyone who wants to know what horse racing was and is - it's a keeper! Joe Hernandez was larger than life. This rendition paints the portrait."
