{"id":2541,"date":"2019-12-11T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:12:59","slug":"hap-the-prize-winning-horse-by-horace-crenshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Hap: The Prize Winning Horse by Horace Crenshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hap<\/p>\n

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Beautifully written, light-hearted read\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set against a fascinating background, Crenshaw brings out mystique of horses and rustic simplicity of Mississippi life in his debut novella. After a tragic incident, Hap, the young horse, starts his training as a racehorse. It\u2019s easy to race in country fairs and win, but competing in a professional tournament is entirely another thing. It\u2019s up to Hap now to make his lifelong dream come true. Crenshaw explores a number of themes other than horse training: the redeeming power of resilience, positive attitude, determination and hard work and keeping faith in the face of difficulties. The scenes of horse training are at once genuinely fresh and informative. Crenshaw\u2019s prose is simple, and his vivid descriptions of Kemper County in Mississippi are realistic, but it is the realization of one\u2019s dream in the face of obstacles that stays at the heart of this lovely novella.<\/p>\n

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Hap: The Prize Winning Horse<\/h2>\n

by Horace Crenshaw<\/h3>\n

Buy now<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pub date November 8, 2019<\/h4>\n

ISBN 9781706782575<\/h4>\n

Price $7 (USD) Paperback<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Beautifully written, light-hearted read\u2026 Set against a fascinating background, Crenshaw brings out mystique of horses and rustic simplicity of Mississippi life in his debut novella. After a tragic incident, Hap, the young horse, starts his training as a racehorse. It\u2019s easy to race in country fairs and win, but competing in a professional tournament is entirely another thing. It\u2019s up to Hap now to make his lifelong dream come true. Crenshaw explores a number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An Editorial Book Review Website\n\nBook review: Hap: The Prize Winning Horse by Horace Crenshaw #SelfPub #books #WritersLife #IndieAuthor #authors #writingcommunity #writers #haptheprizewinninghorse #horacecrenshaw #childrensfiction","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[3074388,91,460,7215,178,258082,15978,1008073,856121,309],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-animal-fiction","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-childrens-fiction","tag-horses","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-EZ","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions\/2545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}