Wink : The Incredible Life And Epic Journey Of Jimmy Winkfieldink

Author: Edward Hotaling

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Price : 22.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780071467568
Publisher : mcgraw
Imprint : mcgraw
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Weight (g) : 0.498
Publication date : April 2006
Dimensions : 221mm X 148mm X 27mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : Edward Hotaling
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Pages : 352
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Forced from American horse racing in 1903 by racism and hard times, two-time Kentucky Derby winner Jimmy Winkfield won every major European race and earned two dazzling fortunes-- only to lose one in the Bolshevik Revolution and another in the Nazi invasion of France. In this captivating biography, historian Ed Hotaling traces Wink's extraordinary odyssey from shoeshine boy through the epochal events of the 20th century.

"One of the most extraordinary stories in sports history."--Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit