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Wink Ed Hotaling

Wink By Ed Hotaling

Wink by Ed Hotaling

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Summary

After 22-year-old Jimmy Winkfield won his second consecutive Kentucky Derby in 1902, black jockeys were banned from American racing. Sick at heart, Winkfield began an odyssey that historian Ed Hotaling brings to life in this captivating biography. This title presents the history of this American racing champion who found a new life in Europe.

Wink Summary

Wink by Ed Hotaling

Winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1901 and 1902, he was banned from American racing because he was black

He raced to fortune and fame Europe but was driven from Russia by the Bolsheviks and from France by the Nazis. He could have been the greatest. Maybe he was.

This is his story...Set against a backdrop of horse racing, the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars, and twentieth-century racism, Wink has an epic, Zhivago-esque sweep.

About Ed Hotaling

Ed Hotaling is a producer for the NBC television station in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Great Black Jockeys, and They're Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga. Additionally, he has published articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald-Tribune, and many other publications. Hometown: Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

PrefacePrologueOne: Bluegrass BoyTwo: "A Race War Is On"Three: Winnie's DiamondFour: "Winkfield's Dead!"Five: Win the Futurity, and . . . Six: "Winkfield, I Don't Like to Be Double-crossed!"Seven: Invading RussiaEight: Edna or a LifeNine: James and AlexandraTen: Wink's World War IEleven: The OdysseyTwelve: An American in ParisThirteen: Kings, Queens, and WinkFourteen: Marriage and DivorceFifteen: Josephine and FriendsSixteen: Winkfield Shot; Winkfield StabbedSeventeen: Chickens, Rabbits, and NazisEighteen: The Nazis versus WinkNineteen: The BackstretchTwenty: You Can't Come InNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Additional information

GOR003934110
9780071418621
0071418628
Wink by Ed Hotaling
Ed Hotaling
Used - Very Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2004-10-15
352
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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