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“Ridgewood Ranch - Home of Seabiscuit” |
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Jani Buron <> Author & Illustrator
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L. Buron Publishing Publisher and Distributor: Box 12,
Wellington, Nevada 89444, USA
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PH: 775-266-4074 |
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E-mail:
Jani@ridgewoodranchhomeofseabiscuit.com
Website:
www.ridgewoodranchhomeofseabiscuit.com |
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Book
Title: “RIDGEWOOD RANCH, HOME OF SEABISCUIT “ |
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Author:
Jani Buron |
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Released:
May 2002 - ISBN: 0-9720755-0-X - 80 pages: 100 photos |
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"Ridgewood Ranch, Home of Seabiscuit" is an attractive 80 page, 8
1/2 x 11 book with glossy UV cover, perfect bound, and heavy quality
interior pages. It contains 100 photographs from my personal
collection, including a 1948 aerial map of the Ridgewood Ranch
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The
cover is a rare eye-catching 1940’s photo of the familiar pillared
Ridgewood Ranch main gate once welcomed visitors to the place. The
Ranch panel truck is coming through it to the 101 Redwood Highway.
Along
with each of the photos is a short story line explaining the
activities of the ranch residents, the Thoroughbred horses, beef
cattle, roundups, dairy cows, and the things that went into making a
self-sufficient and productive way of life at Ridgewood Ranch, located
South of Willits, California. C.S. Howard made all this possible with
his foresight and planning, and a great investment of time and money.
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great racehorse, Seabiscuit, who resided there, was the shining jewel
in the crown of Howard's Ridgewood Ranch. |
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What
makes this book unique is the fact that there are few people left who
lived on the Ranch during those years. We were all fortunate, indeed,
to have had the unique experience of living on this famous ranch, as
children, while Seabiscuit was there. When my family left Ridgewood in
1950, my father became a Thoroughbred horse owner and trainer. That
was also an exciting life, and another story! |
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Seabiscuit,
is the subject of the current best-seller book and movie, "Seabiscuit,
An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand. With the immense worldwide
popularity of that book and the movie of the horse’s racing years,
readers are asking for more information of the life and times of
Seabiscuit at Ridgewood Ranch in his retirement years, and that makes
this book special. This book, "Ridgewood Ranch" will be treasured for
years to come by Seabiscuit and Ridgewood Ranch memorabilia
collectors. |
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We are in several bookstores, including the National Museum of Racing
gift shop in Saratoga Springs, NY. I have received cards and letters
of warm reviews from people across the country who enjoy the story and
the ranching memories. People of all ages seem to relate to the story
of children growing up on the famous Ridgewood Ranch. They want to add
this book to their "Seabiscuit" collection! The history and the
nostalgia move them, and they are asking for more. I had already
started writing another Ridgewood book before this one came about, and
now I am continuing with that, too. I do booksigning and storytelling
at Ridgewood Ranch Walking Tours in Willits, California. Our Website
will post dates and times of my events and booksignings. |
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Format:
Perfect
Bound; glossy UV coated photo soft-front cover; heavyweight interior
pages |
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Book
retails for $20.00, plus shipping;
Send a
TOTAL of $23.00 for Media Mail, or $25.00 for Priority Mail.
(The book
weighs almost 2#, and Priority Mail orders for more than one book are
shipped individually for $25.00 each. Several Media Mail books can be
shipped in the same package, so consult your post office for total
weight and cost of shipping.) |
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To order:
Send your name and address, and the shipping address, (and your
phone number or Email in case we need to contact you) along with a
check or money order made out to
Jani Buron, and we will ship your book promptly upon
receiving your order.
(Please
allow a little extra time in the event we are away on a book tour.)
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Address:
Jani Buron, P.O. Box 12., Wellington, Nevada 89444 USA
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