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Derby Magic
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Author : Jim Bolus
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1998-10-31
Derby Magic written by Jim Bolus and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
" . . . absorbing chapters trace the history of shipping horses by air and equine personalities from the lovable Buckpasser to the vious Nevele Pride . . . A delight for racing fans." -Publishers Weekly No one was more knowledgeable about the Kentucky Derby than Jim Bolus, Kentucky Derby curator of the Kentucky Derby Museum, which is located on the grounds of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. In this, his fifth Pelican book on the Derby, Bolus examines the mystique, the majesty, and the magic of the most popular horse race in the world through various essays. "The Bull and the Sunshine Boys" recalls the 1986 Derby, which was won by Ferdinand. On that magical day, Charlie Whittingham, seventy-three, and Bill Shoemaker, fifty-four, became the oldest trainer and jockey, respectively, to win the Kentucky Derby. Readers will learn the exciting story of the first Derby winner in the essay "Assault: The Little Horse with the Heart of a Giant." The essays, including "Horses Have Their Own Personalities" and "Diary of a Champion: Skip Away," all convey the magic of the Derby, somehow captured by author Jim Bolus.
Remembering The Derby
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Author : Bolus, Jim
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1994
Remembering The Derby written by Bolus, Jim and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Kentucky Derby categories.
A Tale Of Two Cities
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Author : Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-05
A Tale Of Two Cities written by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with History categories.
In the second half of the twentieth century Dominicans became New York City's largest, and poorest, new immigrant group. They toiled in garment factories and small groceries, and as taxi drivers, janitors, hospital workers, and nannies. By 1990, one of every ten Dominicans lived in New York. A Tale of Two Cities tells the fascinating story of this emblematic migration from Latin America to the United States. Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof chronicles not only how New York itself was forever transformed by Dominican settlement but also how Dominicans' lives in New York profoundly affected life in the Dominican Republic. A Tale of Two Cities is unique in offering a simultaneous, richly detailed social and cultural history of two cities bound intimately by migration. It explores how the history of burgeoning shantytowns in Santo Domingo--the capital of a rural country that had endured a century of intense U.S. intervention and was in the throes of a fitful modernization--evolved in an uneven dialogue with the culture and politics of New York's Dominican ethnic enclaves, and vice versa. In doing so it offers a new window on the lopsided history of U.S.-Latin American relations. What emerges is a unique fusion of Caribbean, Latin American, and U.S. history that very much reflects the complex global world we live in today.
Derby Dreams
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Author : Jim Bolus
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Derby Dreams written by Jim Bolus and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"People in racing have to be dreamers," says Jim Bolus in the beginning of his fourth chronicle of the Kentucky Derby. The Derby itself has been dreamlike in its history. After nearly fading into oblivion at the turn of the century, the Kentucky Derby has grown into a national cultural institution and the premier annual horse race in America, if not the world. The stories about this great race and its participants have grown through the years. They have evolved into both heroic epics and much-maligned tragedies. The author relates the triumphant tale of Regret, the first filly to win the Derby on what was her very first start of the year. He also tells of Riley, who, in spite of a muddy track, won the first Kentucky Derby held in the rain. Some of the shattered Derby dreams are described as well. Included is the story of the tumultuous feud between horse owner Jim T. Williams and jockey Roscoe Troxler, whom Williams accused of throwing the 1911 race. The author entertains and informs with his Kentucky Derby tales of the dreams realized and the dreams never achieved at Churchill Downs.
Life
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960-09-26
Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960-09-26 with categories.
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Rough Magic
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Author : Lara Prior-Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-06-06
Rough Magic written by Lara Prior-Palmer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK WINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019 'Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year's best memoirs' The Telegraph 'It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn.' Sarah Moss, Guardian 'Think Educated meets Wild' Entertainment Weekly 'Rough Magic is transporting, beguiling and terrifically entertaining' Daily Mail The Mongol Derby is the world's toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don't make it to the finish line. In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown - decided to enter the race. Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derby's most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race. A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young woman's encounter with oblivion, and herself.
A Pioneer Pastorate And Times
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Author : Albert Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
A Pioneer Pastorate And Times written by Albert Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Ethnic groups categories.
Albert Williams (1809-1893) was pastor of a church in Clifton, New Jersey, when the Presbyterian Board of Missions sent him to California via Panama in February 1849. A pioneer pastorate (1879) recalls his five years in San Francisco, 1849-1854, in which he organized the First Presbyterian Church and witnessed fires, earthquakes, and cholera epidemics. He offers vignettes of other clergy in the San Francisco area, missionary work among the Chinese, and accounts of visits to San José, Sacramento, and Oregon.
Derby Fever
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Author : Jim Bolus
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1995-03-31
Derby Fever written by Jim Bolus and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Each spring as the Kentucky Derby grows near, a kind of frenzy hits a wide section of the population. People suddenly turn their attention to Churchill Downs, and the anticipation of the Run for the Roses sends everyone into "Derby fever." Here in his third book on the Kentucky Derby, Jim Bolus brings together a collection of his favorite Derby Stories that are sure to make an avid race fan out of anyone. Bolus covers a wide range of topics--from "the Duke" at the Derby; to the famous Derby photograph of the Fighting Finish in 1933; to his favorite Derby, the 1969 running. Also included are such champions as Whirlaway, Exterminator, Secretariat, Spend a Buck, and Nashua. Bolus has devoted a chapter to the Stevens family, whose horse-racing roots trace back more than 120 years, and to the Derby chart callers, those men who through the years have documented the race for posterity. Bolus also relates his own personal experiences as a bettor (and a loser!) on the Derby. In particular, he devotes a chapter to Holy Land, a horse who ran in the 1970 race but lost his jockey and the race. It's a pick Bolus has been kidded about a lot over the years. An authority on the subject, Jim Bolus has conducted hundreds of interviews about the Derby. With this book, readers will understand his passion for the grand old race and its traditions as they learn why so many get Derby fever every spring. Also by Jim Bolus are Remembering the Derby and Kentucky Derby Stories, both published by Pelican.
The Adventures Of Derby Doodle
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Author : Lisa J. Eliotte
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2009-03-31
The Adventures Of Derby Doodle written by Lisa J. Eliotte and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-31 with Fiction categories.
Readers of all ages will be whisked off to a world of wonder and magic. A series of adventures pits the young hero and his friends against an evil wizard for possession of an enchanted Blue Crystal. Derby is a small blonde elf with sparkling blue eyes whose kindness does not diminish the fact that his precocious nature sometimes gets the best of him. Derby knows he is different and doesn’t belong with the Fagas. It is only when Felilli visits Derby begins his adventure on finding out who he is and why he is different. The Wonder of Wizards School, an old castle turned to a magical institution, provides Derby with a home and friends he didn’t have. He gets into many adventures in which his Blue Crystal helps guide and get him out of trouble. But when one adventure ends another begins. Joining Derby on these adventures are his friends, Goffi, Merda, Ambis, and German. Veggie, his rival, continually tries to sabotage the group every chance he gets. Derby’s nemesis, Quale, a dark, evil wizard stops at nothing to try and capture Derby and his Blue Crystal. The magical journeys of wizardry, friendship, betrayal, and intrigue have the group of friends encounter, Sami, a girl from the past, who lives in the Secret Gardens. Mischievous Cambi’s, ones that will take what is not theirs, torment Derby and his friends in the Red Leaf. The Lost Chambers have the group go back into the past to help the future. This leads them to the Picture Book, where time has stood still for hundreds of years. The Adventures of Derby Doodle are enchanting stories about friendship and having the courage and strength to do the right thing.
The Kentucky Encyclopedia
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Author : John E. Kleber
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-10-17
The Kentucky Encyclopedia written by John E. Kleber and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-17 with History categories.
The Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource.