Kokomo Joe : the story of the first Japanese American jockey in the United States /
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| Author / Creator: | Christgau, John. |
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| Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11198500 |
| Summary: | 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 OC Kokomo JoeOCO 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 ironicOCoand remarkably relevant in our own climate of nationalist fervor and racial profiling." |
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| Item Description: | "A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-202). |
| ISBN: | 9780803222793 0803222793 9780803218970 0803218974 1282130935 9781282130937 9786612130939 6612130938 |