Race Horse Men
Nonfiction, Sports, Horse Sports, Horse Racing, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Katherine C. Mooney | ISBN: | 9780674419568 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | May 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Katherine C. Mooney |
| ISBN: | 9780674419568 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | May 19, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.
Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.
