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Luisa Miguens shares her inspiration behind her book on the history of Argentinian polo, Passion & Glory
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In 2002, when my husband Gonzalo Tanoira was president of the Argentine Polo Association, Esteban Kenny – son of the 1924 polo Olympic champion, Arturo Kenny – asked me if our Association would be interested in writing a book about the long history of the game in Argentina. He had pictures to share and plenty of documents that spanned one century of Argentine polo. Gonzalo encouraged me to write the story. Long conversations between us began to give shape to the book: it should be a sepia and black and white picture book, a collection of pictures from polo families throughout the century; a story not only about the great stars and the high goalers, but also the average player in the country: his family, his farm, his club. Gonzalo was convinced that polo in Argentina is what it is due to the early
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