Author: Lawrence L. Hewitt
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572337001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Confederate Generals in the Western Theater ultimately comprise several volumes that promise a host of provocative new insights into not only the South's ill-fated campaigns in the West but also the eventual outcome of the larger conflict. --Book Jacket.
Confederate Generals in the Western Theater: Classic essays on America's Civil War
Author: Lawrence L. Hewitt
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572337001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Confederate Generals in the Western Theater ultimately comprise several volumes that promise a host of provocative new insights into not only the South's ill-fated campaigns in the West but also the eventual outcome of the larger conflict. --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572337001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Confederate Generals in the Western Theater ultimately comprise several volumes that promise a host of provocative new insights into not only the South's ill-fated campaigns in the West but also the eventual outcome of the larger conflict. --Book Jacket.
The Great Black Jockeys
Author: Edward Hotaling
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
More than a century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, black athletes were dominating America's first national sport. The sport was horse racing, and the greatest jockeys of all were slaves and the sons of slaves. Cheered by thousands of Americans in the North and South, they rode to victory in all of the major stakes, including the very first Kentucky Derby. Although their glory days ranged from the early 1700s to the turn of the 20th century, the memory of these great black jockeys was erased from history. Who were these athletes and why have their names vanished without a trace? "This may be the most fascinating untold sports story in American history. We are lucky that it is so well told now by Mr. Hotaling in his wonderfully written book." -- Charles Osgood, anchor, CBS News Sunday Morning "The Great Black Jockeys is the first book about the lives and times of the forgotten men whose extraordinary skills were a wonder to behold, men with names like "Honest Ike" Murphy, Abe Hawkins, Willie Simms, Austin Curtis, Jimmy Winkfield, and dozens more. This is also a story of a young country where whole towns turned out in cleared fields to cheer and place wagers on magnificent horses and the men who rode them, and where the greatest athletes in the land were the property of others. For fleeting moments on the racecourse black riders in colorful silks tasted the glory and freedom that slavery had denied them. In "The Great Black Jockeys, the exploits and courage of America's earliest and best athletes are finally remembered.
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
More than a century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, black athletes were dominating America's first national sport. The sport was horse racing, and the greatest jockeys of all were slaves and the sons of slaves. Cheered by thousands of Americans in the North and South, they rode to victory in all of the major stakes, including the very first Kentucky Derby. Although their glory days ranged from the early 1700s to the turn of the 20th century, the memory of these great black jockeys was erased from history. Who were these athletes and why have their names vanished without a trace? "This may be the most fascinating untold sports story in American history. We are lucky that it is so well told now by Mr. Hotaling in his wonderfully written book." -- Charles Osgood, anchor, CBS News Sunday Morning "The Great Black Jockeys is the first book about the lives and times of the forgotten men whose extraordinary skills were a wonder to behold, men with names like "Honest Ike" Murphy, Abe Hawkins, Willie Simms, Austin Curtis, Jimmy Winkfield, and dozens more. This is also a story of a young country where whole towns turned out in cleared fields to cheer and place wagers on magnificent horses and the men who rode them, and where the greatest athletes in the land were the property of others. For fleeting moments on the racecourse black riders in colorful silks tasted the glory and freedom that slavery had denied them. In "The Great Black Jockeys, the exploits and courage of America's earliest and best athletes are finally remembered.
Books in Series, 1876-1949: Titles
Author: R.R. Bowker Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Capital Drawings
Author: Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801872324
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This elegant volume, a guide to the Library of Congress's massive collection of architectural drawings, offers a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital. Each of its "capital drawings" reflects some aspect of the lives, history, and values of the building's creators and sponsors. 55 color illustrations. 123 halftones.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801872324
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This elegant volume, a guide to the Library of Congress's massive collection of architectural drawings, offers a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital. Each of its "capital drawings" reflects some aspect of the lives, history, and values of the building's creators and sponsors. 55 color illustrations. 123 halftones.
Bibliography of the History of Medicine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Mima Mounds
Author: Jennifer L. Horwath Burnham
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724902
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Papers mostly from Geological Society of America Annual Meetings and field trips held in Houston, Texas, October 4-9, 2008.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724902
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Papers mostly from Geological Society of America Annual Meetings and field trips held in Houston, Texas, October 4-9, 2008.
Books in Series, 1876-1949: Titles
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog
Author: Columbia University. Libraries. Library of the School of Library Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University: Citizen - Cuk
Author: Avery Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2468
Book Description