Race Horse Men

Race Horse Men
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780674281424
ISBN-13 : 067428142X
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Book Synopsis Race Horse Men by : Katherine C. Mooney

Download or read book Race Horse Men written by Katherine C. Mooney and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America’s first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run—until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.


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