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Plotting on

Date11/11/1981

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Francis, Dick, 1920-2010 (subject)

Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Plotting on: Dick Francis finds writing harder than riding but with his 20th best-selling thriller behind him he has little else to nag about. Francis quit racing in 1957 soon after a bad fall aboard the Queen Mother's horse in the Grand National. He's in town as a judge at the Royal Winter Fair.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0048270F

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