Black Maestro The Epic Life of an American Legend

Name: Black Maestro The Epic Life of an American Legend
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ISBN: 9780061252280

ISBN-10: 006125228X

ISBN-13: 9780061252280

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joe Drape

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In Black Maestro, Joe Drape meticulously brings to life the drama, adventures, romances, and heartbreaks of an unlikely participant in the greatest historical events of the twentieth century. It is a breathtaking narrative that takes you from pastoral Kentucky to Mobcontrolled Chicago, from the horse country of Poland to the chaos of Red Square, and from freewheeling Paris to the hardluck American South of the Depression. It is also a story that returns Jimmy Winkfield to his rightful place as an original American hero. In 1919, at the age of thirtyseven, as Bolshevik cannon fire thundered above, the already epic life of Jimmy Winkfield turned into an odyssey. With a ragtag band of…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Joe Drape is a reporter for the New York Times . He has won numerous national awards for news and sports writing, including the Eclipse Award for outstanding achievement in horse racing writing. He is the author of The Race for the Triple Crown . He lives in New York City.