Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Katherine C. MooneySeries:Black LivesPublish date:2023-05-02Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300254426ISBN-10:300254423UPC:9780300254426Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Sports, Animal SportsBook Topic:African American & Black, Horse RacingSize:8.58 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCNDTK9ZGA
Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey
The rise and fall of one of America's first Black sports celebrities "Deeply and impressively researched. . . . Ms. Mooney pieces together a narrative with an arc so tight and clean that it's a wonder it actually happened. . . . It reads, in other words, like a novel, and that is because the author brought not just rigor, but craft."--Max Watman, Wall Street Journal Isaac Murphy, born enslaved...
Series: Black Lives
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300254426ISBN-10:300254423UPC:9780300254426Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Sports, Animal SportsBook Topic:African American & Black, Horse RacingSize:8.58 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCNDTK9ZGA
Katherine C. Mooney is James P. Jones Associate Professor of History at Florida State University. She is the author of Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack. She lives in Tallahassee, FL.
Publisher: Yale University Press
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