Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio
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About This Book
A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest.
Chapters (69)
- Gaudenzia Pride of the Palio
- Illustrated by Lynd Ward
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Gaudenzia
- Pride of the Palio
- CHAPTER I
- The First Signpost
- CHAPTER II
- The Umbrella Man
- CHAPTER III
- Bianca, the Blind One
- CHAPTER IV
- A Newborn
- CHAPTER V
- The Flying Centaur
- CHAPTER VI
- Giorgio Meets a Snail
- CHAPTER VII
- Bring Out the Satchel!
- CHAPTER VIII
- Over the Mountain
- CHAPTER IX
- The Cart Horse of Casalino
- CHAPTER X
- A Buyer of Ox Skins
- CHAPTER XI
- The Ghost in the Warehouse
- CHAPTER XII
- Rejected
- CHAPTER XIII
- The Goddess Fortuna
- CHAPTER XIV
- At the Curve of San Martino
- CHAPTER XV
- The Odd Pieces Again
- CHAPTER XVI
- The Rabbit's Foot and the Horn
- CHAPTER XVII
- Gaudenzia, Joy of Living
- CHAPTER XVIII
- Back Home to the Maremma
- CHAPTER XIX
- No Morning Glory
- CHAPTER XX
- A Simple Plan
- CHAPTER XXI
- Half-bred
- CHAPTER XXII
- Speak! Speak!
- CHAPTER XXIII
- The Hours Before
- CHAPTER XXIV
- Have You Fear? Have You Fear?
- CHAPTER XXV
- Behold, the Palio!
- CHAPTER XXVI
- Victor of the Piazza
- CHAPTER XXVII
- A Time to Seek
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- All Roads Lead to Rome
- CHAPTER XXIX
- The Three Acts
- CHAPTER XXX
- Duel Between Horse and Man
- CHAPTER XXXI
- At the Victory Dinner
- And Now....
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