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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Faxon's Illustrated Handbook of Travel to Saratoga, Lakes George and Champlain, the Adirondacks, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the White Mountains ...
Author: Thoroughbred Nation
Author: Natalie A. ZacekPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
From the colonial era to the beginning of the twentieth century, horse racing was by far the most popular sport in America. Great numbers of Americans and overseas visitors flocked to the nation’s tracks, and others avidly followed the sport in both general-interest newspapers and specialized periodicals. Thoroughbred Nation offers a detailed yet panoramic view of thoroughbred racing in the United States, following the sport from its origins in colonial Virginia and South Carolina to its boom in the Lower Mississippi Valley, and then from its post–Civil War rebirth in New York City and Saratoga Springs to its opulent mythologization of the “Old South” at Louisville’s Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Natalie A. Zacek introduces readers to an unforgettable cast of characters, from “plungers” such as Virginia plantation owner William Ransom Johnson (known as the “Napoleon of the Turf”) and Wall Street financier James R. Keene (who would wager a fortune on the outcome of a single competition) to the jockeys, trainers, and grooms, most of whom were African American. While their names are no longer known, their work was essential to the sport. Zacek also details the careers of remarkable, though scarcely remembered, horses, whose achievements made them as famous in their day as more recent equine celebrities such as Seabiscuit or Secretariat. Based upon exhaustive research in print and visual sources from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, Thoroughbred Nation will be of interest both to those who love the sport of horse racing for its own sake and to those who are fascinated by how this pastime reflects and influences American identities.
Floating Islands
Author: Richard J. HeggenPublisher: Richard Heggen
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1227
Book Description
Floating Islands in science, history, the arts and any number of sightings elsewhere
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DeptPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Systematic Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Niagara
Author: Ralph GreenhillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
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