Wink
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-0-07-141862-1 (ISBN)
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Winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1901 and 1902, he was banned from American racing because he was blackHe raced to fortune and fame Europe but was driven from Russia by the Bolsheviks and from France by the Nazis. He could have been the greatest. Maybe he was. This is his story...Set against a backdrop of horse racing, the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars, and twentieth-century racism, Wink has an epic, Zhivago-esque sweep.
Ed Hotaling is a producer for the NBC television station in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Great Black Jockeys, and They're Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga. Additionally, he has published articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald-Tribune, and many other publications. Hometown: Washington, D.C.
PrefacePrologueOne: Bluegrass BoyTwo: "A Race War Is On"Three: Winnie's DiamondFour: "Winkfield's Dead!"Five: Win the Futurity, and . . . Six: "Winkfield, I Don't Like to Be Double-crossed!"Seven: Invading RussiaEight: Edna or a LifeNine: James and AlexandraTen: Wink's World War IEleven: The OdysseyTwelve: An American in ParisThirteen: Kings, Queens, and WinkFourteen: Marriage and DivorceFifteen: Josephine and FriendsSixteen: Winkfield Shot; Winkfield StabbedSeventeen: Chickens, Rabbits, and NazisEighteen: The Nazis versus WinkNineteen: The BackstretchTwenty: You Can't Come InNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.11.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 688 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-141862-8 / 0071418628 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-141862-1 / 9780071418621 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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