The Resource Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
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The item Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery"--book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue : The loss of the stirrup has won the race
- The glory of the four-mile horse
- Knowed a horse when he seed him
- A storm is approaching
- These are the verities
- The only practical means of reunion
- I ride to win
- I have got that nigger beat
- Epilogue : He didn't go in no back doors!
- Isbn
- 9780674281424
- Label
- Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack
- Title
- Race horse men
- Title remainder
- how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack
- Statement of responsibility
- Katherine C. Mooney
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery"--book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mooney, Katherine Carmines
- Dewey number
- 798.400896073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Horse racing
- Horse racing
- African American jockeys
- Southern States
- Label
- Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-305) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : The loss of the stirrup has won the race -- The glory of the four-mile horse -- Knowed a horse when he seed him -- A storm is approaching -- These are the verities -- The only practical means of reunion -- I ride to win -- I have got that nigger beat -- Epilogue : He didn't go in no back doors!
- Control code
- ocn861478331
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674281424
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013037080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861478331
- Label
- Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-305) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : The loss of the stirrup has won the race -- The glory of the four-mile horse -- Knowed a horse when he seed him -- A storm is approaching -- These are the verities -- The only practical means of reunion -- I ride to win -- I have got that nigger beat -- Epilogue : He didn't go in no back doors!
- Control code
- ocn861478331
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 321 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674281424
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013037080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861478331
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