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Author:
McDaniels, Pellom, III.
Title:
The prince of jockeys : the life of Isaac Burns Murphy / Pellom McDaniels III.
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
506 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subject:
Murphy, Isaac Burns,--1861-1896.
Murphy, Isaac Burns,--1861-1896--Influence.
African American jockeys--Biography.
Jockeys--United States--Biography.--Biography.
Jockeys--Kentucky--Biography.
Kentucky Derby--History.
Kentucky.--History--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Roots -- Into the Bluegrass -- America Bourne -- Part 2. Rise -- Seizing Freedom -- From the Silence and the Darkness -- The New Order of Things -- Part 3. Revelations -- Learning to Ride and Taking Flight -- An Elegant Specimen of Manhood -- In This Peculiar Country -- A Pageantry of Woe -- Epilogue -- Chronology.
ISBN:
0813142717 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780813142715 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)836206248
LCCN:
2013019414
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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