Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-364) and index.
Contents
The birth of American sports : Austin Curtis and the founding fathers -- Racing on the frontier : Simon and General Andrew Jackson -- An American life : Charles Stewart and Napoleon -- The expansion era : from Jesse to Cato, the freedom rider -- The shadows of the Civil War : "Chisel'em and the great slave sale -- Free at last? The other Abe and the Civil War -- The American spectacle : "The orange-clad boy" and the Kentucky Derby -- The rise of a star : Ike Murphy, "proud of my calling" -- The great black hopes : Willie Simms and the gay nineties -- The fall of America's first stars : Jimmy Winkfield and the last of the great black jockeys.