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The prince of jockeys : the life of Isaac Burns Murphy / Pellom McDaniels III.

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Main Author: McDaniels, Pellom, III
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Subjects:
Murphy, Isaac Burns, > 1861-1896.
Murphy, Isaac Burns, > 1861-1896 > Influence.
African American jockeys > Biography.
Jockeys > United States > Biography.
Jockeys > Kentucky > Biography.
Kentucky Derby > History.
Kentucky > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Table of 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.

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