Kokomo Joe
Subtitle: the story of the first Japanese American jockey in the United States
By: John Christgau.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780803218970
Subjects: Kobuki, Yoshio, -- 1918-1997; Jockeys -- United States -- Biography; Horse racing -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The pocket baby; title: Kokomo Joe; title: Mister Charley; title: Brilliant queen; title: The Yankee Doodle boys; title: Joltin' Joe; title: The railbird witch; title: The oriental invaders; title: Lumberjacks and truckers; title: Joe Btfsplk; title: Miserable saboteurs; title: Nipponese dynamite; title: Hoover's lists; title: Fibber McGee; title: The whiz kid with the jive drive; title: The Canadian mounties; title: Chester from Gunsmoke; title: Stargazers.