Race Horse Men
Subtitle: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: May 19, 2014
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780674281424
Description: "Recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery"--book jacket.
Notes: Source title: Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack