Kokomo Joe :: the story of the first Japanese American jockey in the United States /

The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. As war with Japan loomed, Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki won race after race, stirring passions far beyond merely the envy and antagonism of other jockeys. His is a story...

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1. Verfasser: Christgau, John
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
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Zusammenfassung:The first Japanese American jockey, Kokomo Joe burst like a comet on the American horse-racing scene in the summer of 1941. As war with Japan loomed, Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki won race after race, stirring passions far beyond merely the envy and antagonism of other jockeys. His is a story of the American dream catapulting headlong into the nightmare of a nation gripped by wartime hysteria and xenophobia. The story that unfolds in Kokomo Joe is at once inspiring, deeply sad, and richly ironic--and remarkably relevant in our own climate of nationalist fervor and racial profiling
Beschreibung:"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 202 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-202).
ISBN:9780803222793
0803222793
1282130935
9781282130937
9786612130939
6612130938

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