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Black maestro : the epic life of an American legend / Joe Drape.
LIBRA SF336.W475 D73 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drape, Joe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winkfield, Jimmy, 1882-1974.
- Winkfield, Jimmy.
- African American jockeys--Biography.
- African American jockeys.
- Jockeys--Biography.
- Jockeys.
- Horse racing--United States--History.
- Horse racing.
- History.
- United States.
- Horse racing--Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Morrow, [2006]
- Summary:
- Going beyond anything written before, "Black Maestro" is the complete, enthralling biography of the life of the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby--an inspiring rags-to-riches true story that embodies the hope and tragedy of the 20th century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060537299
- OCLC:
- 63278029
- Publisher Number:
- 9780060537296 9780060537596
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