Wink by Ed Hotaling

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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.

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Wink by Ed Hotaling

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

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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.
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ISBN 13 9780071418621
ISBN 10 0071418628
Title Wink
Author Ed Hotaling
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published 2004-11-16
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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