Novelist, Jockey (31-Oct-1920 — 14-Feb-2010)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Melvyn P. Barnes. Dick Francis. New York: Ungar Publishing. 1986. 184pp.

J. Madison Davis. Dick Francis. Boston, MA: Twayne. 1989. 156pp.

Dick Francis. The Sport of Queens: The Autobiography of Dick Francis. London: Michael Joseph. 1957. 238pp.

Bryony Fuller. Dick Francis: Steeplechase Jockey. London: Michael Joseph. 1994. 128pp. Covering his career as a jockey, ending 1957.

Graham Lord. Dick Francis: A Racing Life. London: Little, Brown and Company. 1999. 399pp.

Jean Swanson. The Dick Francis Companion: The Complete Guide to the Beloved Mysteries of Dick Francis: From Plot Summaries to Character Profiles. Berkley Publishing Group. 2003. 224pp.

AUTHORITIES

Below are references indicating presence of this name in another database or other reference material. Most of the sources listed are encyclopedic in nature but might be limited to a specific field, such as musicians or film directors. A lack of listings here does not indicate unimportance -- we are nowhere near finished with this portion of the project -- though if many are shown it does indicate a wide recognition of this individual.

1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Internet Movie Database [link]

4. Wikipedia [link]

5. Celebrity Register 4th Issue (p.172)

6. Benet's Readers Encyclopedia, 4th Edition (p.364)

7. The International Who's Who 2001 (p.518)

8. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.45)

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