As the voice of The Radio Reader, Dick Estell brings newly-published books into the homes and automobiles of America for 30 minutes each day from the studios of WKAR at Michigan State University.

Airs at 9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday on Public Radio 90.

Currently on The Radio Reader…

The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine Books, N.Y., 2011.

In November 1958, papers across the country ran headlines touting “the Cinderella horse.” Cold-war Americans were captivated by the incredible story of how Dutch immigrant Harry de Leyer and “Snowman”, an abused plow horse he rescued from the slaughterhouse, made it all the way to a blue ribbon in the nation’s most prestigious horse show – and found in each other matching spirits and the determination to win against extraordinary odds. Author Letts’ message is simple: never give up, even when the obstacles seem sky-high. There is something extraordinary in all of us.

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