Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-364) and index.
Contents
The birth of American sports: Austin Curtis and the Founding Fathers -- Racing on the frontier: Simon and General Andrew Jackson -- An American life: Charles Stewart and Napoleon -- The expansion era: From Jesse to Cato, the freedom rider -- The shadows of the Civil War: "Chisel'em and the great slave sale -- Free at last? The other Abe and the Civil War -- The American spectacle: "The orange-clad boy" and the Kentucky Derby -- The rise of a star: Ike Murphy, "proud of my calling" -- The great black hopes: Willie Simms and the gay nineties -- The fall of America's first stars: Jimmy Winkfield and the last of the great black jockeys.
