Kareem Rosser
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A memoir of defying the odds, as recounted by the captain of the first all-Black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo Championship. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom," a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly's Fairmount Park, Kareem's brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers' fascination...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Kareem Rosser and Lee Lee Jones were young, beautiful, and deeply in love. Their love was a real-world romance that felt like a fairy tale: Kareem was raised in the Bottom--one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Philadelphia--while Lee Lee was raised in the wealth of the Pennsylvania suburbs. They met and fell in love in the world of horses: Kareem, a nationally ranked polo player and Lee Lee, a legacy equestrian. The world was at their feet,...
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