Wink Ebook

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Publication: McGraw-Hill
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Language: English
Publication Date: September 2004
Pages: 352
File Size: 2244 Kbytes

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“After a number of up-the-track finishes by authors trying to emulate the success of Laura Hillenbrands bestselling Seabiscuit: An American Legend , a worthy successor has at last broken out of the pack . . .Winkfield’s story is so incredible you’ll find yourself wondering why you’ve never heard it before.”
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“One of the most extraordinary stories in sports history is also one of its least known. Jimmy Winkfield was a gifted jockey and a remarkably intrepid man, and his life was a singular adventure. His is a story of persistence, hardship, and triumph, and it should be long remembered.”-Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

“In the entire sweep of American sports, from the days of a roistering John L. Sullivan in the 19th Century through the Tiger Woods phenomenon of the 21st, no figure made a bolder and more original odyssey of his life than Jimmy Winkfield, the poor son of former slaves whose brilliance as a jockey bore…’

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