Race horse men, how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
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Race horse men, how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-305) and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Race horse men
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bibliography
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861478331
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Katherine C. Mooney
Sub title
how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack
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
Table Of 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!
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